diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/Potentials.h b/gtsam/discrete/Potentials.h
index a0d268789..1078b4c61 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/Potentials.h
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/Potentials.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
   /**
    * A base class for both DiscreteFactor and DiscreteConditional
    */
-  class GTSAM_EXPORT Potentials: public AlgebraicDecisionTree<Key> {
+  class Potentials: public AlgebraicDecisionTree<Key> {
 
   public: