diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.h b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.h
index 5654dc54ae9108..1cee51a1075ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.h
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ struct p80211_frmrx {
 
 /* called by /proc/net/wireless */
 struct iw_statistics *p80211wext_get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev);
-/* wireless extensions' ioctls */
-extern struct iw_handler_def p80211wext_handler_def;
 
 /* WEP stuff */
 #define NUM_WEPKEYS 4