diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 840781011d..65aaac4c2a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ else()
   try_append_c_flags(-Wundef)
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_C_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
-
 set(print_msan_notice)
 if(SECP256K1_BUILD_CTIME_TESTS)
   include(CheckMemorySanitizer)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dca1e662f8..e3317823da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([SECP_TRY_APPEND_DEFAULT_CFLAGS], [
       SECP_TRY_APPEND_CFLAGS([-Wcast-align=strict], $1) # GCC >= 8.0
       SECP_TRY_APPEND_CFLAGS([-Wconditional-uninitialized], $1) # Clang >= 3.0 only
       SECP_TRY_APPEND_CFLAGS([-Wreserved-identifier], $1) # Clang >= 13.0 only
-      SECP_TRY_APPEND_CFLAGS([-fvisibility=hidden], $1) # GCC >= 4.0
 
       CFLAGS="$SECP_TRY_APPEND_DEFAULT_CFLAGS_saved_CFLAGS"
     fi