diff --git a/lib/roken/Makefile.in b/lib/roken/Makefile.in
index fe2533565..f328c43e3 100644
--- a/lib/roken/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/roken/Makefile.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SOURCES = \
 	seteuid.c signal.c snprintf.c strcasecmp.c strchr.c strdup.c \
 	strerror.c strftime.c strlwr.c strnlen.c strrchr.c \
 	strupr.c tm2time.c unsetenv.c verify.c verr.c \
-	verrx.c vsyslog.c vwarn.c vwarnx.c warn.c warnx.c \
+	verrx.c vwarn.c vwarnx.c warn.c warnx.c \
 	warnerr.c get_window_size.c
 
 OBJECTS = k_getpwuid.o k_getpwnam.o signal.o tm2time.o \
diff --git a/lib/roken/roken.h b/lib/roken/roken.h
index c564aff31..ad53d899a 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken.h
+++ b/lib/roken/roken.h
@@ -297,10 +297,6 @@ int get_window_size(int fd, struct winsize *);
 #include <syslog.h>
 /* Misc definitions for old syslogs */
 
-#ifndef HAVE_VSYSLOG
-void vsyslog(int pri, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef LOG_DAEMON
 #define openlog(id,option,facility) openlog((id),(option))
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/roken/roken.h.in b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
index c564aff31..ad53d899a 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken.h.in
+++ b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
@@ -297,10 +297,6 @@ int get_window_size(int fd, struct winsize *);
 #include <syslog.h>
 /* Misc definitions for old syslogs */
 
-#ifndef HAVE_VSYSLOG
-void vsyslog(int pri, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef LOG_DAEMON
 #define openlog(id,option,facility) openlog((id),(option))
 #endif