diff --git a/include/openmc/capi.h b/include/openmc/capi.h
index 69d3ff1f61..e04d4898e7 100644
--- a/include/openmc/capi.h
+++ b/include/openmc/capi.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int openmc_regular_mesh_get_params(
 int openmc_regular_mesh_set_dimension(int32_t index, int n, const int* dims);
 int openmc_regular_mesh_set_params(int32_t index, int n, const double* ll,
   const double* ur, const double* width);
+int openmc_remove_tally(int32_t id);
 int openmc_reset();
 int openmc_reset_timers();
 int openmc_run();
diff --git a/src/tallies/tally.cpp b/src/tallies/tally.cpp
index 72c4fa4fe3..8d54570efe 100644
--- a/src/tallies/tally.cpp
+++ b/src/tallies/tally.cpp
@@ -1273,12 +1273,13 @@ extern "C" size_t tallies_size()
 }
 
 // given a tally ID, remove it from the tallies vector
-extern "C" void openmc_remove_tally_from_tallies(int32_t id)
+extern "C" int openmc_remove_tally(int32_t id)
 {
   // query map for index corersponding to the given id
   int32_t index = model::tally_map[id];
   // delete the tally via iterator pointing to correct position
   model::tallies.erase(model::tallies.begin() + index);
+  return 0;
 }
 
 } // namespace openmc