diff --git a/network/cache/mkcache.c b/network/cache/mkcache.c
index f38c97318efd..3c234028ce30 100644
--- a/network/cache/mkcache.c
+++ b/network/cache/mkcache.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ PRIVATE void net_CacheAbort (NET_StreamClass *stream, int status)
 
 
 #ifdef XP_UNIX
-extern char **fe_encoding_extensions; /* gag! */
+char **fe_encoding_extensions; /* gag! */
 #endif
 
 /* setup the stream