diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/epicsTempFile.cpp b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/epicsTempFile.cpp
index 8e666b4b6..c015f0418 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/epicsTempFile.cpp
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/epicsTempFile.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include "epicsTempFile.h"
 
-extern "C"
-
 extern "C"
 epicsShareFunc FILE * epicsShareAPI epicsTempFile ( void )
 {