diff --git a/include/linux/selection.h b/include/linux/selection.h
index 533509f6ba4f..bab7d30d3446 100644
--- a/include/linux/selection.h
+++ b/include/linux/selection.h
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@
 struct tty_struct;
 struct vc_data;
 
-extern void clear_selection(void);
-extern int set_selection_user(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel,
-			      struct tty_struct *tty);
-extern int set_selection_kernel(struct tiocl_selection *v,
-				struct tty_struct *tty);
-extern int paste_selection(struct tty_struct *tty);
-extern int sel_loadlut(u32 __user *lut);
-extern int mouse_reporting(void);
-extern void mouse_report(struct tty_struct * tty, int butt, int mrx, int mry);
+void clear_selection(void);
+int set_selection_user(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel,
+		       struct tty_struct *tty);
+int set_selection_kernel(struct tiocl_selection *v, struct tty_struct *tty);
+int paste_selection(struct tty_struct *tty);
+int sel_loadlut(u32 __user *lut);
+int mouse_reporting(void);
+void mouse_report(struct tty_struct *tty, int butt, int mrx, int mry);
 
 bool vc_is_sel(const struct vc_data *vc);
 
@@ -33,24 +32,21 @@ extern unsigned char default_red[];
 extern unsigned char default_grn[];
 extern unsigned char default_blu[];
 
-extern unsigned short *screen_pos(const struct vc_data *vc, int w_offset,
-		bool viewed);
-extern u16 screen_glyph(const struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
-extern u32 screen_glyph_unicode(const struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
-extern void complement_pos(struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
-extern void invert_screen(struct vc_data *vc, int offset, int count, bool viewed);
+unsigned short *screen_pos(const struct vc_data *vc, int w_offset, bool viewed);
+u16 screen_glyph(const struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
+u32 screen_glyph_unicode(const struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
+void complement_pos(struct vc_data *vc, int offset);
+void invert_screen(struct vc_data *vc, int offset, int count, bool viewed);
 
-extern void getconsxy(const struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static 2]);
-extern void putconsxy(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static const 2]);
+void getconsxy(const struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static 2]);
+void putconsxy(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char xy[static const 2]);
 
-extern u16 vcs_scr_readw(const struct vc_data *vc, const u16 *org);
-extern void vcs_scr_writew(struct vc_data *vc, u16 val, u16 *org);
-extern void vcs_scr_updated(struct vc_data *vc);
+u16 vcs_scr_readw(const struct vc_data *vc, const u16 *org);
+void vcs_scr_writew(struct vc_data *vc, u16 val, u16 *org);
+void vcs_scr_updated(struct vc_data *vc);
 
-extern int vc_uniscr_check(struct vc_data *vc);
-extern void vc_uniscr_copy_line(const struct vc_data *vc, void *dest,
-				bool viewed,
-				unsigned int row, unsigned int col,
-				unsigned int nr);
+int vc_uniscr_check(struct vc_data *vc);
+void vc_uniscr_copy_line(const struct vc_data *vc, void *dest, bool viewed,
+			 unsigned int row, unsigned int col, unsigned int nr);
 
 #endif