diff --git a/src/syncterm/uifcinit.h b/src/syncterm/uifcinit.h
index 392cf52a9edf1d5256aea78a6e4ed25569c02d31..6d036a1c4f9949b3b65541227ccb0da7dbc5ed54 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/uifcinit.h
+++ b/src/syncterm/uifcinit.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <uifc.h>
 
 extern	uifcapi_t uifc; /* User Interface (UIFC) Library API */
-extern int uifc_initialized;
 int	init_uifc(BOOL scrn, BOOL bottom);
 void uifcbail(void);
 void uifcmsg(char *msg, char *helpbuf);