diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index 0cd7072b6a56..eaf11729ef9e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 /* Don't take this from <ctype.h>: 011-015 on the screen aren't spaces */
 #define isspace(c)	((c) == ' ')
 
-extern void poke_blanked_console(void);
-
 /* FIXME: all this needs locking */
 static struct vc_selection {
 	struct mutex lock;