diff --git a/python/core/qgspaintenginehack.sip b/python/core/qgspaintenginehack.sip
index a05079b990e..b66905f202d 100644
--- a/python/core/qgspaintenginehack.sip
+++ b/python/core/qgspaintenginehack.sip
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class CORE_EXPORT QgsPaintEngineHack : public QPaintEngine
+class QgsPaintEngineHack : QPaintEngine
 {
 %TypeHeaderCode
 #include <qgspaintenginehack.h>