Lee McCulloch has retired from international football, the Scottish Football Association have confirmed.
The Rangers midfielder spoke to George Burley after reports on Monday morning claimed he would refuse to play for Scotland while Burley remained in charge.
The SFA revealed the Scotland manager had left the door open for the 30-year-old to change his mind.
The SFA revealed McCulloch had phoned Burley on Monday afternoon to clarify his position.
An SFA spokesman said: "Lee told George he has been considering his international future since around about the time of the Italy game.
"He wants to concentrate on club football and getting back to fitness and playing for his club.
"He assured the manager it was nothing personal.
"George thanked him for the call and said if there came a time when he wished to reconsider, he would be happy to speak to him."
McCulloch has not featured for Scotland since Alex McLeish's last game in charge, the 2-1 defeat by Italy in November.
The former Motherwell player was selected by Burley for his first match in charge against Croatia on March 26, but pulled out with a thigh injury.
He played in an Old Firm derby three days later but a tackle by Scotland team-mate Paul Hartley left him with a foot injury that threatened to end his season.
That injury meant he was not considered for Scotland's friendly against the Czech Republic on May 28, although he had returned for Rangers before Burley suffered numerous call-offs to his squad.
McCulloch was left out of the squad for the friendly against Northern Ireland on August 20 as Burley focused on looking at younger players.
And a knee injury that has kept him out of the Rangers team for the last few games meant he could not be included for the World Cup double header against Macedonia and Iceland, which continues in Reykjavik on Wednesday.
Burley claimed McCulloch was "certainly very much in our plans" when naming his squad but reports this morning suggested McCulloch would not play again.
The Scotland boss, in a lunchtime press conference on Monday, claimed reports of a problem with the versatile former Wigan player were a "big surprise".
"Lee has not spoken to me at all," Burley said. "I have no problems with Lee, he is a very good player.
"He has been injured and hasn't been playing for Rangers and I can't pick a player who is injured."
McCulloch won 15 caps, the first coming as a substitute in a 1-1 draw in Moldova in 2004, which spelled the end of Berti Vogts' reign.
He became a regular under Walter Smith and McLeish and scored in a 3-1 victory over Ukraine in October last year.
