diff --git a/timeoutd.c b/timeoutd.c
index cacb21a..5f94509 100644
--- a/timeoutd.c
+++ b/timeoutd.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ 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 */
-char *ctime();                  /* returns pointer to time string */
 struct utmp *getutent();        /* returns next utmp file entry */
 void shut_down();
 void read_config();