diff --git a/fs/affs/inode.c b/fs/affs/inode.c
index 25cb4b43f2f1..6f34510449e8 100644
--- a/fs/affs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/affs/inode.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include "affs.h"
 
-extern const struct inode_operations affs_symlink_inode_operations;
-
 struct inode *affs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 {
 	struct affs_sb_info	*sbi = AFFS_SB(sb);