diff --git a/include/net/wext.h b/include/net/wext.h
index 4f6e7423174c..345911965dbb 100644
--- a/include/net/wext.h
+++ b/include/net/wext.h
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 struct net;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_CORE
-extern int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd,
-			     void __user *arg);
-extern int compat_wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
-				    unsigned long arg);
+int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd,
+		      void __user *arg);
+int compat_wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
+			     unsigned long arg);
 
-extern struct iw_statistics *get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev);
-extern int call_commit_handler(struct net_device *dev);
+struct iw_statistics *get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev);
+int call_commit_handler(struct net_device *dev);
 #else
 static inline int wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd,
 				    void __user *arg)
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ static inline int compat_wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_PROC
-extern int wext_proc_init(struct net *net);
-extern void wext_proc_exit(struct net *net);
+int wext_proc_init(struct net *net);
+void wext_proc_exit(struct net *net);
 #else
 static inline int wext_proc_init(struct net *net)
 {