diff --git a/timeoutd.c b/timeoutd.c
index b08cb1a..60f9da4 100644
--- a/timeoutd.c
+++ b/timeoutd.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ char *daynames[] = {"SU", "MO", "TU", "WE", "TH", "FR", "SA", "WK", "AL", NULL};
 char daynums[] = {   1  ,  2  ,  4  ,  8  ,  16 ,  32 ,  64 ,  62 ,  127, 0};
 
 struct utmp *utmpp;             /* pointer to utmp file entry */
-struct utmp *getutent();        /* returns next utmp file entry */
 void shut_down();
 void read_config();
 void reread_config();