diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/hpux/osdSock.h b/src/libCom/osi/os/hpux/osdSock.h
index a04f48d99..36831bd4e 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/hpux/osdSock.h
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/hpux/osdSock.h
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 #ifndef osdSockH
 #define osdSockH
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -34,10 +30,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <unistd.h> /* close() and others */
  
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
- 
+
 typedef int                     SOCKET;
 #define INVALID_SOCKET          (-1)
 #define SOCKERRNO               errno