diff --git a/src/include/errno.h b/src/include/errno.h
index 3273be7f..68966bd9 100644
--- a/src/include/errno.h
+++ b/src/include/errno.h
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@
 
 extern int errno;
 
-extern const char * strerror ( int errno );
-
 struct errortab {
 	int errno;
 	const char *text;
diff --git a/src/include/string.h b/src/include/string.h
index a6f3e71b..0ac54a06 100644
--- a/src/include/string.h
+++ b/src/include/string.h
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ char * strstr(const char * s1,const char * s2);
 void * memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
 char * strdup(const char *s);
 
+extern const char * strerror ( int errno );
+
 #endif /* ETHERBOOT_STRING */