2 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
index 9b451af0721c..120037496f77 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 
 static char tracing_mnt[PATH_MAX]  = "/sys/kernel/debug";
 static char tracing_path[PATH_MAX]        = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing";
-char tracing_events_path[PATH_MAX] = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events";
-
+static char tracing_events_path[PATH_MAX] = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events";
 
 static void __tracing_path_set(const char *tracing, const char *mountpoint)
 {
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h
index 904d085b2ae7..a19136b086dc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 
-extern char tracing_events_path[];
-
 DIR *tracing_events__opendir(void);
 
 void tracing_path_set(const char *mountpoint);