diff --git a/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp b/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
index a947f85a2..8eef76570 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ namespace
 namespace libtorrent { namespace dht
 {
 
+	void incoming_error(entry& e, char const* msg);
+
 #ifdef TORRENT_DHT_VERBOSE_LOGGING
 	int g_az_message_input = 0;
 	int g_ut_message_input = 0;
@@ -519,8 +521,6 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace dht
 			
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(bytes_transferred > 0);
 
-		extern void incoming_error(entry& e, char const* msg);
-
 		lazy_entry e;
 		int ret = lazy_bdecode(buf, buf + bytes_transferred, e);
 		if (ret != 0)
diff --git a/src/kademlia/node.cpp b/src/kademlia/node.cpp
index 02f7bc966..56f9278fc 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/node.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/node.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ using boost::bind;
 namespace libtorrent { namespace dht
 {
 
+void incoming_error(entry& e, char const* msg);
+
 using detail::write_endpoint;
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -240,8 +242,6 @@ void node_impl::unreachable(udp::endpoint const& ep)
 
 void node_impl::incoming(msg const& m)
 {
-	extern void incoming_error(entry& e, char const* msg);
-
 	// is this a reply?
 	lazy_entry const* y_ent = m.message.dict_find_string("y");
 	if (!y_ent || y_ent->string_length() == 0)