diff --git a/libguile/stime.c b/libguile/stime.c
index a99c19d80..80d3d5d68 100644
--- a/libguile/stime.c
+++ b/libguile/stime.c
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ extern int errno;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FTIME
 
-extern int ftime (struct timeb *);
-
 struct timeb scm_your_base = {0};
 SCM_PROC(s_get_internal_real_time, "get-internal-real-time", 0, 0, 0, scm_get_internal_real_time);
 SCM