diff --git a/coreutils/echo.c b/coreutils/echo.c
index 4c7a91743..e39b466c0 100644
--- a/coreutils/echo.c
+++ b/coreutils/echo.c
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
+/* This is a NOFORK applet. Be very careful! */
+
 /* argc is unused, but removing it precludes compiler from
  * using call -> jump optimization */
-int bb_echo(int argc, char **argv)
+
+int echo_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int echo_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const char *arg;
 #if !ENABLE_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ int bb_echo(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* We must check that stdout is not closed.
 	 * The reason for this is highly non-obvious.
-	 * bb_echo is used from shell. Shell must correctly handle "echo foo"
+	 * echo_main is used from shell. Shell must correctly handle "echo foo"
 	 * if stdout is closed. With stdio, output gets shoveled into
 	 * stdout buffer, and even fflush cannot clear it out. It seems that
 	 * even if libc receives EBADF on write attempts, it feels determined
@@ -135,14 +139,6 @@ int bb_echo(int argc, char **argv)
 	return fflush(stdout);
 }
 
-/* This is a NOFORK applet. Be very careful! */
-
-int echo_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int echo_main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	return bb_echo(argc, argv);
-}
-
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -185,7 +181,7 @@ int echo_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #ifdef VERSION_WITH_WRITEV
 /* We can't use stdio.
  * The reason for this is highly non-obvious.
- * bb_echo is used from shell. Shell must correctly handle "echo foo"
+ * echo_main is used from shell. Shell must correctly handle "echo foo"
  * if stdout is closed. With stdio, output gets shoveled into
  * stdout buffer, and even fflush cannot clear it out. It seems that
  * even if libc receives EBADF on write attempts, it feels determined
@@ -195,7 +191,7 @@ int echo_main(int argc, char **argv)
  * Using writev instead, with 'direct' conversion of argv vector.
  */
 
-int bb_echo(int argc, char **argv)
+int echo_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct iovec io[argc];
 	struct iovec *cur_io = io;
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 77392d09c..095647dd4 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ extern void bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char *strerr);
 
 /* applets which are useful from another applets */
 int bb_cat(char** argv);
-int bb_echo(int argc, char** argv);
+int echo_main(int argc, char** argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int test_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int kill_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 #if ENABLE_ROUTE
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 4113ce8e2..7f7531650 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -11003,7 +11003,7 @@ exitcmd(int argc, char **argv)
 static int
 echocmd(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	return bb_echo(argc, argv);
+	return echo_main(argc, argv);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index a9c1fe7dd..f7e2a4a14 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ static int builtin_echo(char **argv)
 		argc++;
 		argv++;
 	}
-	return bb_echo(argc, argv - argc);
+	return echo_main(argc, argv - argc);
 }
 
 /* built-in 'eval' handler */