diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index a4f39407bf59a76dc0d6c4301f215d8506b4aabd..7c175198d09fc7a510713c26649af960a867a130 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int parse_hacks(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
 	return found ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
-const struct option check_options[] = {
+static const struct option check_options[] = {
 	OPT_GROUP("Actions:"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG('h', "hacks", NULL, NULL, "jump_label,noinstr,skylake", "patch toolchain bugs/limitations", parse_hacks),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "ibt", &opts.ibt, "validate and annotate IBT"),
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
index fa45044e38630c5608e2690c3e59ac7fbe5e9135..2a108e648b7a67b3d249f841578bde6da9113836 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
-extern const struct option check_options[];
-
 struct opts {
 	/* actions: */
 	bool dump_orc;