diff --git a/src/misc/SDL_url.c b/src/misc/SDL_url.c
index 13f914fd3..6fcda8fd5 100644
--- a/src/misc/SDL_url.c
+++ b/src/misc/SDL_url.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "SDL_misc.h"
 #include "SDL_error.h"
 
-extern int SDL_SYS_OpenURL(const char *url);
+int SDL_SYS_OpenURL(const char *url);
 
 int
 SDL_OpenURL(const char *url)