diff --git a/lib/gssapi/mech/utils.h b/lib/gssapi/mech/utils.h
index 2f1d9063e..cc0083997 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/mech/utils.h
+++ b/lib/gssapi/mech/utils.h
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
  *	$Id$
  */
 
-extern OM_uint32 _gss_copy_oid(OM_uint32 *, const gss_OID, gss_OID);
-extern OM_uint32 _gss_copy_buffer(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
+OM_uint32 _gss_copy_oid(OM_uint32 *, const gss_OID, gss_OID);
+OM_uint32 _gss_copy_buffer(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
     const gss_buffer_t from_buf, gss_buffer_t to_buf);