diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 4ecfc0489c94ee..c57b6b8b5721b7 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -2420,8 +2420,6 @@ 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.
 //