diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 6330c7be266..d49c6a4bdf4 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-03-02  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	* include/c_global/cstdio: Remove extraneous extern.
+	* include/c_std/cstdio: Same.
+
 2012-03-02  Rainer Orth  <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
 
 	* config/abi/post/solaris2.8/baseline_symbols.txt: Regenerate.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/c_global/cstdio b/libstdc++-v3/include/c_global/cstdio
index d11743a349d..e6484759d5b 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/c_global/cstdio
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/c_global/cstdio
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #define _GLIBCXX_CSTDIO 1
 
 #ifndef _GLIBCXX_HAVE_GETS
-extern "C" extern char* gets (char* __s) __attribute__((deprecated));
+extern "C" char* gets (char* __s) __attribute__((deprecated));
 #endif
 
 // Get rid of those macros defined in <stdio.h> in lieu of real functions.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/c_std/cstdio b/libstdc++-v3/include/c_std/cstdio
index 1588fc9e55b..d4f473252e9 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/c_std/cstdio
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/c_std/cstdio
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #ifndef _GLIBCXX_HAVE_GETS
-extern "C" extern char* gets (char* __s) __attribute__((deprecated));
+extern "C" char* gets (char* __s) __attribute__((deprecated));
 #endif
 
 // Get rid of those macros defined in <stdio.h> in lieu of real functions.