diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index cfa127d2bb8f2fee035249e77f8acfe39f83c001..d9daeff07b83ccffc77e687f94bde7814adac1d8 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_secindex(const struct elf_info *info,
 }
 
 /* file2alias.c */
-extern unsigned int cross_build;
 void handle_moddevtable(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 			Elf_Sym *sym, const char *symname);
 void add_moddevtable(struct buffer *buf, struct module *mod);