diff --git a/include/ma_priv.h b/include/ma_priv.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d300947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ma_priv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+  Copyright (C) 2020 MariaDB Corporation
+
+  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+  version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+  Library General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+  License along with this library; if not see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
+  or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+  51 Franklin St., Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
+
+  Part of this code includes code from the PHP project which
+  is freely available from http://www.php.net
+ *****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef MA_PRIV_H
+#define MA_PRIV_H
+
+void free_rows(MYSQL_DATA *cur);
+int ma_multi_command(MYSQL *mysql, enum enum_multi_status status);
+MYSQL_FIELD * unpack_fields(MYSQL_DATA *data,
+                            MA_MEM_ROOT *alloc,uint fields,
+                            my_bool default_value);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
index c156ecb5..1063f14e 100644
--- a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
+++ b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <ma_string.h>
 #include <mariadb_ctype.h>
 #include <ma_common.h>
+#include "ma_priv.h"
 #include "ma_context.h"
 #include "mysql.h"
 #include "mariadb_version.h"
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ static size_t rset_field_offsets[]= {
 
 MYSQL_FIELD *
 unpack_fields(MYSQL_DATA *data,MA_MEM_ROOT *alloc,uint fields,
-	      my_bool default_value, my_bool long_flag_protocol __attribute__((unused)))
+	      my_bool default_value)
 {
   MYSQL_ROWS	*row;
   MYSQL_FIELD	*field,*result;
@@ -2195,9 +2196,7 @@ get_info:
   if (!(fields=mysql->methods->db_read_rows(mysql,(MYSQL_FIELD*) 0,8)))
     return(-1);
   if (!(mysql->fields=unpack_fields(fields,&mysql->field_alloc,
-				    (uint) field_count,1,
-				    (my_bool) test(mysql->server_capabilities &
-						   CLIENT_LONG_FLAG))))
+				    (uint) field_count, 1)))
     return(-1);
   mysql->status=MYSQL_STATUS_GET_RESULT;
   mysql->field_count=field_count;
@@ -2528,9 +2527,7 @@ mysql_list_fields(MYSQL *mysql, const char *table, const char *wild)
   result->eof=1;
   result->field_count = (uint) query->rows;
   result->fields= unpack_fields(query,&result->field_alloc,
-				result->field_count,1,
-				(my_bool) test(mysql->server_capabilities &
-					       CLIENT_LONG_FLAG));
+				result->field_count, 1);
   if (result->fields)
     return(result);
 
@@ -2555,9 +2552,8 @@ mysql_list_processes(MYSQL *mysql)
   field_count=(uint) net_field_length(&pos);
   if (!(fields = mysql->methods->db_read_rows(mysql,(MYSQL_FIELD*) 0,5)))
     return(NULL);
-  if (!(mysql->fields=unpack_fields(fields,&mysql->field_alloc,field_count,0,
-				    (my_bool) test(mysql->server_capabilities &
-						   CLIENT_LONG_FLAG))))
+  if (!(mysql->fields=unpack_fields(fields, &mysql->field_alloc,
+                                    field_count, 0)))
     return(NULL);
   mysql->status=MYSQL_STATUS_GET_RESULT;
   mysql->field_count=field_count;
diff --git a/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c b/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c
index cf35e373..86e39cae 100644
--- a/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c
+++ b/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <mysql/client_plugin.h>
 #include <ma_common.h>
+#include "ma_priv.h"
+
 
 #define UPDATE_STMT_ERROR(stmt)\
 SET_CLIENT_STMT_ERROR((stmt), (stmt)->mysql->net.last_errno, (stmt)->mysql->net.sqlstate, (stmt)->mysql->net.last_error)
@@ -75,10 +77,6 @@ typedef struct
   MA_MEM_ROOT fields_ma_alloc_root;
 } MADB_STMT_EXTENSION;
 
-MYSQL_DATA *read_rows(MYSQL *mysql,MYSQL_FIELD *mysql_fields, uint fields);
-void free_rows(MYSQL_DATA *cur);
-int ma_multi_command(MYSQL *mysql, enum enum_multi_status status);
-MYSQL_FIELD * unpack_fields(MYSQL_DATA *data,MA_MEM_ROOT *alloc,uint fields, my_bool default_value, my_bool long_flag_protocol);
 static my_bool net_stmt_close(MYSQL_STMT *stmt, my_bool remove);
 
 static my_bool is_not_null= 0;
@@ -1598,8 +1596,7 @@ my_bool mthd_stmt_get_result_metadata(MYSQL_STMT *stmt)
   if (!(result= stmt->mysql->methods->db_read_rows(stmt->mysql, (MYSQL_FIELD *)0, 7)))
     return(1);
   if (!(stmt->fields= unpack_fields(result,fields_ma_alloc_root,
-          stmt->field_count, 0,
-          stmt->mysql->server_capabilities & CLIENT_LONG_FLAG)))
+          stmt->field_count, 0)))
     return(1);
   return(0);
 }