diff --git a/src/dict.c b/src/dict.c
index 60d17b8d..7809703b 100644
--- a/src/dict.c
+++ b/src/dict.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <ldns/buffer.h>
 #include "types-internal.h"
+#include "util-internal.h"
 #include "dict.h"
 
 /*---------------------------------------- getdns_dict_find */
diff --git a/src/example/example_all_functions.c b/src/example/example_all_functions.c
index c8706acb..55a90f02 100644
--- a/src/example/example_all_functions.c
+++ b/src/example/example_all_functions.c
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ main()
 	retregular = getdns_service_sync(contextarg,
 	    charstararg, dictarg, &dictarg);
 
-	getdns_free_sync_request_memory(dictarg);
-
 	retregular = getdns_list_get_length(listarg, sizetptrarg);
 	retregular =
 	    getdns_list_get_data_type(listarg, sizetarg, datatypeptrarg);
diff --git a/src/example/example_synchronous.c b/src/example/example_synchronous.c
index 4d070ad2..5c306f33 100644
--- a/src/example/example_synchronous.c
+++ b/src/example/example_synchronous.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ main()
 
 	/* Clean up */
 	getdns_context_destroy(this_context);
-	getdns_free_sync_request_memory(this_response);
 
 	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }				/* main */
diff --git a/src/test/tests_dict.c b/src/test/tests_dict.c
index 76e6838b..65330aab 100644
--- a/src/test/tests_dict.c
+++ b/src/test/tests_dict.c
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 
 #define TSTMSGBUF 80
 
+/* Prototypes for functions not part of the API
+ * TODO: remove these
+ */
+getdns_return_t getdns_list_add_item(struct getdns_list *list, size_t * index);
+getdns_return_t getdns_dict_copy(struct getdns_dict *srcdict, struct getdns_dict **dstdict);
+
 /*---------------------------------------- tst_bindatasetget */
 /**
  * test the bindata get and set routines 
diff --git a/src/test/tests_list.c b/src/test/tests_list.c
index 3a0d367b..d2103350 100644
--- a/src/test/tests_list.c
+++ b/src/test/tests_list.c
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
 #define TSTMSGBUF 80
 #define GETDNS_LIST_BLOCKSZ 10
 
+
+/* Prototypes for functions not part of the API
+ * TODO: remove these
+ */
+getdns_return_t getdns_list_add_item(struct getdns_list *list, size_t * index);
+
 /* TODO: might want a separate unit test for getdns_list_copy() - right now the code gets
    covered as a result of other tests */