diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 30c44c18ec..0265e23bd8 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -2400,8 +2400,6 @@ struct node_module* get_linked_module(const char* name) {
   return mp;
 }
 
-typedef void (UV_DYNAMIC* extInit)(Local<Object> exports);
-
 // DLOpen is process.dlopen(module, filename).
 // Used to load 'module.node' dynamically shared objects.
 //