diff --git a/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts b/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts
index 99fbf3c72..59882e64b 100644
--- a/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts
+++ b/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import {
   SvgUri,
   SvgXml,
   camelCase,
-  err,
   fetchText,
   JsxAST,
   Middleware,
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ export {
   SvgUri,
   SvgXml,
   camelCase,
-  err,
   fetchText,
   Shape,
   RNSVGMarker,
diff --git a/src/css/css.tsx b/src/css/css.tsx
index a6a7a222e..b60a4c3c6 100644
--- a/src/css/css.tsx
+++ b/src/css/css.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {
   XmlProps,
   XmlState,
 } from 'react-native-svg';
-import { camelCase, err, fetchText, parse, SvgAst } from 'react-native-svg';
+import { camelCase, fetchText, parse, SvgAst } from 'react-native-svg';
 import type {
   Atrule,
   AtrulePrelude,
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import csstree, { List } from 'css-tree';
 import type { Options } from 'css-select';
 import cssSelect from 'css-select';
 
+const err = console.error.bind(console);
+
 /*
  * Style element inlining experiment based on SVGO
  * https://github.com/svg/svgo/blob/11f9c797411a8de966aacc4cb83dbb3e471757bc/plugins/inlineStyles.js
diff --git a/src/xml.tsx b/src/xml.tsx
index 9e2352a1f..b449abc2d 100644
--- a/src/xml.tsx
+++ b/src/xml.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function SvgAst({ ast, override }: AstProps) {
   );
 }
 
-export const err = console.error.bind(console);
+const err = console.error.bind(console);
 
 export function SvgXml(props: XmlProps) {
   const { onError = err, xml, override, fallback } = props;