diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_priv.c b/sys/kern/kern_priv.c
index 307d134e673..1190cd42e5b 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_priv.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_priv.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  * userland programs, and should not be done without careful consideration of
  * the consequences. 
  */
-int	suser_enabled = 1;
+static int	suser_enabled = 1;
 SYSCTL_INT(_security_bsd, OID_AUTO, suser_enabled, CTLFLAG_RW,
     &suser_enabled, 0, "processes with uid 0 have privilege");
 TUNABLE_INT("security.bsd.suser_enabled", &suser_enabled);
diff --git a/sys/sys/systm.h b/sys/sys/systm.h
index c5233783eca..13b7ef7f549 100644
--- a/sys/sys/systm.h
+++ b/sys/sys/systm.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <sys/stdint.h>		/* for people using printf mainly */
 
 extern int securelevel;		/* system security level (see init(8)) */
-extern int suser_enabled;	/* suser() is permitted to return 0 */
 
 extern int cold;		/* nonzero if we are doing a cold boot */
 extern int rebooting;		/* boot() has been called. */