diff --git a/sys/sys/timex.h b/sys/sys/timex.h
index a4379fea3f1..08a9bcd5af8 100644
--- a/sys/sys/timex.h
+++ b/sys/sys/timex.h
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ struct timex {
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 
 #ifdef _KERNEL
-struct timehands;
 void	ntp_update_second(int64_t *adjustment, time_t *newsec);
 #else /* !_KERNEL */
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>