diff --git a/common/JackAPI.cpp b/common/JackAPI.cpp
index 93a608eb..07ee4c1b 100644
--- a/common/JackAPI.cpp
+++ b/common/JackAPI.cpp
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ extern "C"
     LIB_EXPORT const char* * jack_port_get_connections(const jack_port_t *port);
     LIB_EXPORT const char* * jack_port_get_all_connections(const jack_client_t *client,
             const jack_port_t *port);
-    LIB_EXPORT int jack_port_tie(jack_port_t *src, jack_port_t *dst);
-    LIB_EXPORT int jack_port_untie(jack_port_t *port);
+    int jack_port_tie(jack_port_t *src, jack_port_t *dst);
+    int jack_port_untie(jack_port_t *port);
 
     // Old latency API
     LIB_EXPORT jack_nframes_t jack_port_get_latency(jack_port_t *port);
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ LIB_EXPORT int jack_port_connected_to(const jack_port_t* port, const char* port_
     }
 }
 
-LIB_EXPORT int jack_port_tie(jack_port_t* src, jack_port_t* dst)
+SERVER_EXPORT int jack_port_tie(jack_port_t* src, jack_port_t* dst)
 {
     JackGlobals::CheckContext("jack_port_tie");
 
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ LIB_EXPORT int jack_port_tie(jack_port_t* src, jack_port_t* dst)
     }
 }
 
-LIB_EXPORT int jack_port_untie(jack_port_t* port)
+SERVER_EXPORT int jack_port_untie(jack_port_t* port)
 {
     JackGlobals::CheckContext("jack_port_untie");
 
diff --git a/common/JackControlAPI.h b/common/JackControlAPI.h
index 0289e11d..f49bbad3 100644
--- a/common/JackControlAPI.h
+++ b/common/JackControlAPI.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef JACKCTL_H__2EEDAD78_DF4C_4B26_83B7_4FF1A446A47E__INCLUDED
 #define JACKCTL_H__2EEDAD78_DF4C_4B26_83B7_4FF1A446A47E__INCLUDED
 
+#include "jack/types.h"
 #include "jslist.h"
 #include "JackCompilerDeps.h"
 
@@ -245,6 +246,27 @@ jack_log(
 	const char *format,
 	...);
 
+/**
+ * Tie two ports. This will make anything appearing on the playback port (input, sink)
+ * to appear as if sent from the capture port (output, source)
+ *
+ * @param port jack port to untie
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, otherwise a non-zero error code
+ */
+SERVER_EXPORT
+int jack_port_tie (jack_port_t *src, jack_port_t *dst);
+
+/**
+ * Untie two ports previously tied by call to ::jack_port_tie().
+ *
+ * @param port jack port to untie
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, otherwise a non-zero error code
+ */
+SERVER_EXPORT
+int jack_port_untie (jack_port_t *port);
+
 SERVER_EXPORT const JSList *
 jackctl_server_get_internals_list(
     jackctl_server *server_ptr);
diff --git a/common/jack/control.h b/common/jack/control.h
index 7a9443a8..0c03f69b 100644
--- a/common/jack/control.h
+++ b/common/jack/control.h
@@ -615,6 +615,25 @@ jack_log(
 	const char *format,
 	...);
 
+/**
+ * Tie two ports. This will make anything appearing on the playback port (input, sink)
+ * to appear as if sent from the capture port (output, source)
+ *
+ * @param port jack port to untie
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, otherwise a non-zero error code
+ */
+int jack_port_tie (jack_port_t *src, jack_port_t *dst);
+
+/**
+ * Untie two ports previously tied by call to ::jack_port_tie().
+ *
+ * @param port jack port to untie
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, otherwise a non-zero error code
+ */
+int jack_port_untie (jack_port_t *port);
+
 /**@}*/
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/common/jack/jack.h b/common/jack/jack.h
index 23850bbc..b7a43b47 100644
--- a/common/jack/jack.h
+++ b/common/jack/jack.h
@@ -870,24 +870,6 @@ const char ** jack_port_get_connections (const jack_port_t *port) JACK_OPTIONAL_
 const char ** jack_port_get_all_connections (const jack_client_t *client,
                                              const jack_port_t *port) JACK_OPTIONAL_WEAK_EXPORT;
 
-/**
- *
- * @deprecated This function will be removed from a future version
- * of JACK. Do not use it. There is no replacement. It has
- * turned out to serve essentially no purpose in real-life
- * JACK clients.
- */
-int jack_port_tie (jack_port_t *src, jack_port_t *dst) JACK_OPTIONAL_WEAK_DEPRECATED_EXPORT;
-
-/**
- *
- * @deprecated This function will be removed from a future version
- * of JACK. Do not use it. There is no replacement. It has
- * turned out to serve essentially no purpose in real-life
- * JACK clients.
- */
-int jack_port_untie (jack_port_t *port) JACK_OPTIONAL_WEAK_DEPRECATED_EXPORT;
-
 /**
  * \bold THIS FUNCTION IS DEPRECATED AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN
  *  NEW JACK CLIENTS