diff --git a/src/RunState.cc b/src/RunState.cc
index 6a1d4c3387..67041cc915 100644
--- a/src/RunState.cc
+++ b/src/RunState.cc
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ extern "C"
 #include "zeek/plugin/Manager.h"
 #include "zeek/session/Manager.h"
 
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-extern "C"
-	{
-	extern int select(int, fd_set*, fd_set*, fd_set*, struct timeval*);
-	}
-#endif
-
 static double last_watchdog_proc_time = 0.0; // value of above during last watchdog
 extern int signal_val;