diff --git a/src/hyper.h b/src/hyper.h
index 8fdca60..86f1b69 100644
--- a/src/hyper.h
+++ b/src/hyper.h
@@ -126,5 +126,4 @@ void hyper_cleanup_pod(struct hyper_pod *pod);
 
 extern struct hyper_pod global_pod;
 extern struct hyper_ctl ctl;
-extern struct hyper_exec *global_exec;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 60210b3..906a35d 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ struct hyper_pod global_pod = {
 	.containers	=	LIST_HEAD_INIT(global_pod.containers),
 	.exec_head	=	LIST_HEAD_INIT(global_pod.exec_head),
 };
-struct hyper_exec *global_exec;
 
 #define MAXEVENTS	10