diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.cc b/sbin/devd/devd.cc
index 538910664cf0..f57f41eaa7ea 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.cc
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.cc
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ typedef struct client {
 } client_t;
 
 extern FILE *yyin;
-extern int lineno;
 
 static const char notify = '!';
 static const char nomatch = '?';
diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.h b/sbin/devd/devd.h
index ca78ec0feaea..ca2903ce3857 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.h
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ void set_variable(const char *, const char *);
 void yyerror(const char *s);
 int  yylex(void);
 int  yyparse(void);
+extern int lineno;
 __END_DECLS
 
 #define PATH_DEVCTL	"/dev/devctl"
diff --git a/sbin/devd/token.l b/sbin/devd/token.l
index 28d3aee335eb..2221dcf05f7f 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/token.l
+++ b/sbin/devd/token.l
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "devd.h"
 #include "y.tab.h"
 
-extern int lineno;
 int lineno = 1;
 
 static void