diff --git a/migration.h b/migration.h
index 0682179bdefee42017f7222783822b263871a7db..78a50d31ac8a7691749d5d911706b37837f78e73 100644
--- a/migration.h
+++ b/migration.h
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ uint64_t ram_bytes_total(void);
 int ram_save_live(Monitor *mon, QEMUFile *f, int stage, void *opaque);
 int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id);
 
-extern int incoming_expected;
-
 /**
  * @migrate_add_blocker - prevent migration from proceeding
  *