diff --git a/src/lib9/_p9dialparse.c b/src/lib9/_p9dialparse.c
index 45027513..33088925 100644
--- a/src/lib9/_p9dialparse.c
+++ b/src/lib9/_p9dialparse.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ parseip(char *host, u32int *pip)
 }
 
 int
-_p9dialparse(char *addr, char **pnet, char **punix, u32int *phost, int *pport)
+p9dialparse(char *addr, char **pnet, char **punix, u32int *phost, int *pport)
 {
 	char *net, *host, *port, *e;
 	int i;
diff --git a/src/lib9/announce.c b/src/lib9/announce.c
index f125b712..2fd9b5b1 100644
--- a/src/lib9/announce.c
+++ b/src/lib9/announce.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #undef sun
 #define sun sockun
-extern int _p9dialparse(char*, char**, char**, u32int*, int*);
 
 int
 _p9netfd(char *dir)
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ p9announce(char *addr, char *dir)
 	if(buf == nil)
 		return -1;
 
-	if(_p9dialparse(buf, &net, &unix, &host, &port) < 0){
+	if(p9dialparse(buf, &net, &unix, &host, &port) < 0){
 		free(buf);
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/src/lib9/dial.c b/src/lib9/dial.c
index 99d37990..732cbb69 100644
--- a/src/lib9/dial.c
+++ b/src/lib9/dial.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 
-
-extern int _p9dialparse(char*, char**, char**, u32int*, int*);
 #undef unix
 
 int
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ p9dial(char *addr, char *dummy1, char *dummy2, int *dummy3)
 	if(buf == nil)
 		return -1;
 
-	if(_p9dialparse(buf, &net, &unix, &host, &port) < 0){
+	if(p9dialparse(buf, &net, &unix, &host, &port) < 0){
 		free(buf);
 		return -1;
 	}