diff --git a/Xext/geext.c b/Xext/geext.c
index aede01e6c..600399755 100644
--- a/Xext/geext.c
+++ b/Xext/geext.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 DevPrivateKeyRec GEClientPrivateKeyRec;
 
-GEExtension GEExtensions[MAXEXTENSIONS];
+static GEExtension GEExtensions[MAXEXTENSIONS];
 
 /* Major available requests */
 static const int version_requests[] = {
diff --git a/Xext/geext.h b/Xext/geext.h
index ba8ff5c4d..895325d80 100644
--- a/Xext/geext.h
+++ b/Xext/geext.h
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ typedef struct _GEExtension {
     void (*evswap) (xGenericEvent *from, xGenericEvent *to);
 } GEExtension, *GEExtensionPtr;
 
-/* All registered extensions and their handling functions. */
-extern _X_EXPORT GEExtension GEExtensions[MAXEXTENSIONS];
-
 /* Interface for other extensions */
 extern _X_EXPORT void GERegisterExtension(int extension,
                                           void (*ev_dispatch) (xGenericEvent