diff --git a/kaddressbook/plugins/mergelib/autotests/searchduplicateresultwidgettest.cpp b/kaddressbook/plugins/mergelib/autotests/searchduplicateresultwidgettest.cpp
index 011ff182de286787d7cba0faf1f82b4b37bcc05c..d1258225925cbe0edefc50dba09870b696aaf111 100644
--- a/kaddressbook/plugins/mergelib/autotests/searchduplicateresultwidgettest.cpp
+++ b/kaddressbook/plugins/mergelib/autotests/searchduplicateresultwidgettest.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 using namespace KContacts;
 namespace KABMergeContacts {
-KADDRESSBOOKMERGELIB_EXPORT QAbstractItemModel *_k_searchDuplicateResultStubModel = nullptr;
+QAbstractItemModel *_k_searchDuplicateResultStubModel = nullptr;
 }
 
 SearchDuplicateResultWidgetTest::SearchDuplicateResultWidgetTest(QObject *parent)