diff --git a/lib/api/actions/nodes.c b/lib/api/actions/nodes.c
index 1add05f42..4b31141f8 100644
--- a/lib/api/actions/nodes.c
+++ b/lib/api/actions/nodes.c
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
 #include "api.h"
 
-extern struct list nodes;
-
 static int api_nodes(struct api_action *r, json_t *args, json_t **resp, struct api_session *s)
 {
 	json_t *json_nodes = json_array();