diff --git a/coreutils/libcoreutils/coreutils.h b/coreutils/libcoreutils/coreutils.h
index 102c7b5be..687c7cc5c 100644
--- a/coreutils/libcoreutils/coreutils.h
+++ b/coreutils/libcoreutils/coreutils.h
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 typedef int (*stat_func)(const char *fn, struct stat *ps);
 
-extern int cp_mv_stat2(const char *fn, struct stat *fn_stat, stat_func sf);
-extern int cp_mv_stat(const char *fn, struct stat *fn_stat);
+int cp_mv_stat2(const char *fn, struct stat *fn_stat, stat_func sf);
+int cp_mv_stat(const char *fn, struct stat *fn_stat);
 
-extern mode_t getopt_mk_fifo_nod(int argc, char **argv);
+mode_t getopt_mk_fifo_nod(int argc, char **argv);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/coreutils/libcoreutils/getopt_mk_fifo_nod.c b/coreutils/libcoreutils/getopt_mk_fifo_nod.c
index 5065c3886..6fd2de73f 100644
--- a/coreutils/libcoreutils/getopt_mk_fifo_nod.c
+++ b/coreutils/libcoreutils/getopt_mk_fifo_nod.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "libbb.h"
-//#include "coreutils.h"
+#include "coreutils.h"
 
 mode_t getopt_mk_fifo_nod(int argc, char **argv)
 {