diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dd740f6f..60969d14 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changes in release 0.33.0:
    support for RFC 4918 "lockroot" in lock discovery
  - ne_request.h: ne_request_create() takes a "target" rather
    than a path and this can also be an absolute-URI
+ - ne_request.h: never-used ne_free_hooks typedef removed
 * New interfaces and features:
  - added new configure flag --enable-auto-libproxy which enables
    libproxy by default for new sessions (Jan-Michael Brummer)
diff --git a/src/ne_request.h b/src/ne_request.h
index 47e49db2..4918b63d 100644
--- a/src/ne_request.h
+++ b/src/ne_request.h
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ void ne_add_interim_handler(ne_request *req, ne_interim_response_fn fn,
 
 /**** Request hooks handling *****/
 
-typedef void (*ne_free_hooks)(void *cookie);
-
 /* Hook called when a request is created; passed the method and
  * request-target as used in the request-line (RFC7230§5.3).  The
  * create_request hook is called exactly once per request. */