diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspstart.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspstart.c
index e3a7066cf2..9c27be19ef 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspstart.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspstart.c
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
  */
 void bsp_pretasking_hook(void)
 {
-  extern void bsp_spurious_initialize();
-
   bsp_spurious_initialize();
 }