diff --git a/mxml.h b/mxml.h
index f1b1884..e1b0a3f 100644
--- a/mxml.h
+++ b/mxml.h
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@ typedef struct mxml_struct {
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-/* make functions callable from a C++ program */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 #ifndef EXPRT
 #if defined(EXPORT_DLL)
 #define EXPRT __declspec(dllexport)
@@ -148,9 +143,5 @@ void mxml_free_tree(PMXML_NODE tree);
 void mxml_dirname(char* path);
 void mxml_basename(char *path);
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _MXML_H_ */
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/