diff --git a/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.cc b/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.cc
index df5fded590..b283f74576 100644
--- a/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.cc
+++ b/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.cc
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ LLVMMetadataRef LLVMDIBuilderCreateBasicType(LLVMDIBuilderRef d,
 }
 #endif
 
+#if PONY_LLVM < 700
 LLVMMetadataRef LLVMDIBuilderCreatePointerType(LLVMDIBuilderRef d,
   LLVMMetadataRef elem_type, uint64_t size_bits, uint64_t align_bits)
 {
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ LLVMMetadataRef LLVMDIBuilderCreatePointerType(LLVMDIBuilderRef d,
   return wrap(pd->createPointerType(unwrap<DIType>(elem_type), size_bits,
     static_cast<uint32_t>(align_bits)));
 }
+#endif
 
 #if PONY_LLVM < 700
 LLVMMetadataRef LLVMDIBuilderCreateSubroutineType(LLVMDIBuilderRef d,
diff --git a/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.h b/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.h
index a55a16b104..b3754a2f56 100644
--- a/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.h
+++ b/src/libponyc/codegen/gendebug.h
@@ -85,9 +85,11 @@ LLVMMetadataRef LLVMDIBuilderCreateArtificialVariable(LLVMDIBuilderRef d,
   LLVMMetadataRef scope, const char* name, unsigned arg,
   LLVMMetadataRef file, unsigned line, LLVMMetadataRef type);
 
+#if PONY_LLVM < 700
 LLVMMetadataRef LLVMDIBuilderCreateBasicType(LLVMDIBuilderRef d,
   const char* name, uint64_t size_bits, uint64_t align_bits,
   unsigned encoding);
+#endif
 
 #if PONY_LLVM < 700
 LLVMMetadataRef LLVMDIBuilderCreatePointerType(LLVMDIBuilderRef d,