diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c
index ad844a9419..feae3bd6bc 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 int
 _utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2], bool traverseLink);
 
-extern int
+
+int
 _utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2], bool traverseLink)
 {
 	struct stat stat;