diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 23b3df6b4..82a52de83 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-02-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+	* _scm.h (errno): Remove declarations that have been there
+	forever, and are known to conflict on some platforms with that
+	provided by <errno.h>, which we include unconditionally.  If
+	<errno.h> doesn't provide a errno declaration, what is the point
+	of it?
+
 2008-02-23  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
 	* numbers.c (scm_make_rectangular): Rename argument to
diff --git a/libguile/_scm.h b/libguile/_scm.h
index c276c07c0..4d6ded68e 100644
--- a/libguile/_scm.h
+++ b/libguile/_scm.h
@@ -95,14 +95,6 @@
 # define SCM_SYSCALL(line) line;
 #endif /* ndef SCM_SYSCALL */
 
-#if !defined (MSDOS) && !defined (__MINGW32__)
-# ifdef ARM_ULIB
-    extern volatile int errno;
-# else
-    extern int errno;
-# endif /* def ARM_ULIB */
-#endif /* ndef MSDOS && ndef __MINGW32__*/
-
 
 
 #ifndef min