diff --git a/include/cross.h b/include/cross.h
index 65066cd8..813ff256 100644
--- a/include/cross.h
+++ b/include/cross.h
@@ -50,7 +50,5 @@
 #define ftruncate(blah,blah2) chsize(blah,blah2)
 #endif
 
-extern const char * dosbox_datadir;
-
 #endif