1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index b08561fc12..375e769eca 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def create_stored_revision():
 
 	try:
 		text =  '#include "ardour/svn_revision.h"\n'
-		text += 'namespace ARDOUR { extern const char* svn_revision = \"' + rev + '\"; }\n'
+		text += 'namespace ARDOUR { const char* svn_revision = \"' + rev + '\"; }\n'
 		print 'Writing svn revision info to libs/ardour/svn_revision.cc'
 		o = file('libs/ardour/svn_revision.cc', 'w')
 		o.write(text)