diff --git a/sys/net/route.c b/sys/net/route.c
index 5d864f593cc1..1ddef89d67ef 100644
--- a/sys/net/route.c
+++ b/sys/net/route.c
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ rtable_init(void **table)
 			    dom->dom_rtoffset);
 }
 
-void
-route_init()
+static void
+route_init(void)
 {
 	rn_init();	/* initialize all zeroes, all ones, mask table */
 	rtable_init((void **)rt_tables);
diff --git a/sys/net/route.h b/sys/net/route.h
index fb5d3ca4370f..db0bd2d8c422 100644
--- a/sys/net/route.h
+++ b/sys/net/route.h
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ extern struct radix_node_head *rt_tables[AF_MAX+1];
 
 struct ifmultiaddr;
 
-void	 route_init(void);
 int	 rt_getifa(struct rt_addrinfo *);
 void	 rt_ifannouncemsg(struct ifnet *, int);
 void	 rt_ifmsg(struct ifnet *);