diff --git a/board/zeus/zeus.c b/board/zeus/zeus.c
index 18cb85faf3371797bb18a10ee1fab9427ade3deb..272e59b63a5d46b3f31e0857bf284454eaff16c0 100644
--- a/board/zeus/zeus.c
+++ b/board/zeus/zeus.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 extern flash_info_t flash_info[CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS]; /* info for FLASH chips	*/
 extern env_t *env_ptr;
-extern uchar default_environment[];
 
 ulong flash_get_size(ulong base, int banknum);
 void env_crc_update(void);
diff --git a/common/env_dataflash.c b/common/env_dataflash.c
index 0c4c676e196a1bc7d84c5895d284c1766ec451d1..b1386d1df37bd0388596c64249cd08a40e4ac6ee 100644
--- a/common/env_dataflash.c
+++ b/common/env_dataflash.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ extern int write_dataflash(unsigned long addr_dest,
 	unsigned long addr_src, unsigned long size);
 extern int AT91F_DataflashInit(void);
 
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 uchar env_get_char_spec(int index)
 {
 	uchar c;
diff --git a/common/env_flash.c b/common/env_flash.c
index 8e415d72d37576fb4c70370d4d4bd82c47e124c7..d9f8fcb1ef462ca1c51e5eef362373818743c3a7 100644
--- a/common/env_flash.c
+++ b/common/env_flash.c
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ static env_t *flash_addr_new = (env_t *)CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND;
 static ulong end_addr_new = CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND + CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE - 1;
 #endif /* CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND */
 
-extern const uchar default_environment[];
-
 
 uchar env_get_char_spec(int index)
 {
diff --git a/common/env_mgdisk.c b/common/env_mgdisk.c
index a69923b700f69a35be87ed3c3d5b3baf227cb559..b95d85e87231f35b871021798c7d3e7282feec69 100644
--- a/common/env_mgdisk.c
+++ b/common/env_mgdisk.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <mg_disk.h>
 
-/* references to names in env_common.c */
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 char *env_name_spec = "MG_DISK";
 
 env_t *env_ptr = 0;
diff --git a/common/env_mmc.c b/common/env_mmc.c
index 12d647a826de078d4c56c7cb80727feecf620198..78df808bbce402f644e128ebedd37b75612520e6 100644
--- a/common/env_mmc.c
+++ b/common/env_mmc.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include <search.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-/* references to names in env_common.c */
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 char *env_name_spec = "MMC";
 
 #ifdef ENV_IS_EMBEDDED
diff --git a/common/env_nand.c b/common/env_nand.c
index da4d3b1df1dbd80ba698a14baf3b86f6e7894976..1b12c68d68806d4e49b66670de38408dec999aff 100644
--- a/common/env_nand.c
+++ b/common/env_nand.c
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_RANGE	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
 #endif
 
-/* references to names in env_common.c */
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 char *env_name_spec = "NAND";
 
 
diff --git a/common/env_nowhere.c b/common/env_nowhere.c
index 75ef78de87753e36bf314eaf6ae1784ec79d27e0..a6890dbd75dfadd40500e4b66f252b64fe2d581a 100644
--- a/common/env_nowhere.c
+++ b/common/env_nowhere.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 env_t *env_ptr = NULL;
 
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 void env_relocate_spec(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/common/env_nvram.c b/common/env_nvram.c
index b108e6e7610948e71da65eeb01d931674009340b..f32d06f1ca3fee2a6c27ebc621d6a2ba21ac302d 100644
--- a/common/env_nvram.c
+++ b/common/env_nvram.c
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ env_t *env_ptr = (env_t *)CONFIG_ENV_ADDR;
 
 char * env_name_spec = "NVRAM";
 
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 uchar env_get_char_spec(int index)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NVRAM_ACCESS_ROUTINE
diff --git a/common/env_onenand.c b/common/env_onenand.c
index 414447594fd9db03d09abc3bf4b830f3aeaf3504..b7170e6c455950d96123cc922e49ea51f502bf34 100644
--- a/common/env_onenand.c
+++ b/common/env_onenand.c
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
 extern struct mtd_info onenand_mtd;
 extern struct onenand_chip onenand_chip;
 
-/* References to names in env_common.c */
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 char *env_name_spec = "OneNAND";
 
 #define ONENAND_MAX_ENV_SIZE	4096
diff --git a/common/env_sf.c b/common/env_sf.c
index a1ff297ba7e2568b795af35ce6cd653468cf79f3..8ff52a31bf302fdfc34365b2e2826f1db182d906 100644
--- a/common/env_sf.c
+++ b/common/env_sf.c
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ static ulong env_new_offset = CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND;
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-/* references to names in env_common.c */
-extern uchar default_environment[];
-
 char * env_name_spec = "SPI Flash";
 
 static struct spi_flash *env_flash;
diff --git a/include/environment.h b/include/environment.h
index 2c8c4f1575254773bf596521afe8e9feedef6982..20775da7015f6c48836c21fa406cf79d8602b0b9 100644
--- a/include/environment.h
+++ b/include/environment.h
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ typedef struct environment_s {
 	unsigned char	data[ENV_SIZE]; /* Environment data		*/
 } env_t;
 
+extern const unsigned char default_environment[];
+
 #ifndef DO_DEPS_ONLY
 
 #include <search.h>