diff --git a/include/extern.h b/include/extern.h
index da4b67ef0..a8b0c6c94 100644
--- a/include/extern.h
+++ b/include/extern.h
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ E int FDECL(sym_val, (const char *));
 E void FDECL(paniclog, (const char *, const char *));
 E int FDECL(validate_prefix_locations, (char *));
 #ifdef SELECTSAVED
-E void FDECL(get_plname_from_file, (int, char *));
+E char *FDECL(plname_from_file, (const char *));
 #endif
 E char** NDECL(get_saved_games);
 E void FDECL(free_saved_games, (char**));
diff --git a/sys/vms/vmsunix.c b/sys/vms/vmsunix.c
index e9621ba4d..24fefaa0d 100644
--- a/sys/vms/vmsunix.c
+++ b/sys/vms/vmsunix.c
@@ -476,7 +476,6 @@ dosuspend()
    with the utility programs and we don't want this code there */
 
 static void FDECL(savefile, (const char *,int,int *,char ***));
-char *FDECL(plname_from_file, (const char *));
 
 static void
 savefile(name, indx, asize, array)