diff --git a/src/include/buffer.h b/src/include/buffer.h
index 0085c7d1..1d5501f3 100644
--- a/src/include/buffer.h
+++ b/src/include/buffer.h
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ struct buffer_free_block {
 	physaddr_t	end;
 } __attribute__ (( packed ));
 
-/* This must be provided by the architecture-dependent load_buffer.c */
-extern struct buffer load_buffer;
-
 /* Functions in buffer.c */
 
 extern void init_buffer ( struct buffer *buffer );