diff --git a/libretro-common/include/retro_stat.h b/libretro-common/include/retro_stat.h
index 6429bb60bf..cd83d003a4 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/retro_stat.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/retro_stat.h
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <boolean.h>
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 /**
  * path_is_directory:
  * @path               : path
@@ -58,8 +54,4 @@ int32_t path_get_size(const char *path);
  **/
 bool mkdir_norecurse(const char *dir);
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif