diff --git a/Core/include/Acts/Geometry/Blueprint.hpp b/Core/include/Acts/Geometry/Blueprint.hpp
index 12ade558d50..0752f069fea 100644
--- a/Core/include/Acts/Geometry/Blueprint.hpp
+++ b/Core/include/Acts/Geometry/Blueprint.hpp
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ namespace Acts {
 
 class GeometryContext;
 
-class Blueprint : public BlueprintNode {
+class Blueprint : private BlueprintNode {
  public:
+  using BlueprintNode::addChild;
+  using BlueprintNode::addCylinderContainer;
+  using BlueprintNode::addLayer;
+  using BlueprintNode::addMaterial;
+  using BlueprintNode::graphViz;
+  using BlueprintNode::Options;
+
   struct Config {
     ExtentEnvelope envelope = ExtentEnvelope::Zero();
     GeometryIdentifierHook geometryIdentifierHook = {};
diff --git a/Examples/Python/src/Blueprint.cpp b/Examples/Python/src/Blueprint.cpp
index 07b94c009dd..4bb29fb647a 100644
--- a/Examples/Python/src/Blueprint.cpp
+++ b/Examples/Python/src/Blueprint.cpp
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ void addBlueprint(Context& ctx) {
       });
 
   {
-    auto n = py::class_<Blueprint, BlueprintNode, std::shared_ptr<Blueprint>>(
-        m, "Blueprint");
+    auto n = py::class_<Blueprint, std::shared_ptr<Blueprint>>(m, "Blueprint");
 
     n.def(py::init<const Blueprint::Config&>())
         .def_property_readonly("name", &Blueprint::name)