diff --git a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_server_socket.c b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_server_socket.c
index 97a0ec2..6fc6ab3 100644
--- a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_server_socket.c
+++ b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_server_socket.c
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 /* define the GError domain string */
 #define THRIFT_SERVER_SOCKET_ERROR_DOMAIN "thrift-server-socket-error-quark"
 
-/* for errors coming from socket() and connect() */
-extern int errno;
-
 G_DEFINE_TYPE(ThriftServerSocket, thrift_server_socket, THRIFT_TYPE_SERVER_TRANSPORT)
 
 gboolean
diff --git a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c
index 1c147ec..07ee2cb 100644
--- a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c
+++ b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
   PROP_THRIFT_SOCKET_PORT
 };
 
-/* for errors coming from socket() and connect() */
-extern int errno;
-
 G_DEFINE_TYPE(ThriftSocket, thrift_socket, THRIFT_TYPE_TRANSPORT)
 
 /* implements thrift_transport_is_open */