diff --git a/libc/stdlib/atexit.c b/libc/stdlib/atexit.c
index df2b1b5d5..a6970dd5d 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib/atexit.c
+++ b/libc/stdlib/atexit.c
@@ -37,7 +37,18 @@
 #include "atexit.h"
 #include "private/thread_private.h"
 
-struct atexit *__atexit;
+struct atexit {
+	struct atexit *next;		/* next in list */
+	int ind;			/* next index in this table */
+	int max;			/* max entries >= ATEXIT_SIZE */
+	struct atexit_fn {
+		void (*fn_ptr)(void *);
+		void *fn_arg;		/* argument for CXA callback */
+		void *fn_dso;		/* shared module handle */
+	} fns[1];			/* the table itself */
+};
+
+static struct atexit *__atexit;
 static int restartloop;
 
 /* BEGIN android-changed: __unregister_atfork is used by __cxa_finalize */
diff --git a/libc/stdlib/atexit.h b/libc/stdlib/atexit.h
index 3de2aa3bf..e01bb34a6 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib/atexit.h
+++ b/libc/stdlib/atexit.h
@@ -30,18 +30,5 @@
  *
  */
 
-struct atexit {
-	struct atexit *next;		/* next in list */
-	int ind;			/* next index in this table */
-	int max;			/* max entries >= ATEXIT_SIZE */
-	struct atexit_fn {
-		void (*fn_ptr)(void *);
-		void *fn_arg;		/* argument for CXA callback */
-		void *fn_dso;		/* shared module handle */
-	} fns[1];			/* the table itself */
-};
-
-extern struct atexit *__atexit;		/* points to head of LIFO stack */
-
 int	__cxa_atexit(void (*)(void *), void *, void *);
 void	__cxa_finalize(void *);
diff --git a/libc/upstream-openbsd/android/include/openbsd-compat.h b/libc/upstream-openbsd/android/include/openbsd-compat.h
index 8f55a26cd..47bacc3ea 100644
--- a/libc/upstream-openbsd/android/include/openbsd-compat.h
+++ b/libc/upstream-openbsd/android/include/openbsd-compat.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ __LIBC_HIDDEN__ void* reallocarray(void*, size_t, size_t);
 __LIBC64_HIDDEN__ extern const short* _tolower_tab_;
 __LIBC64_HIDDEN__ extern const short* _toupper_tab_;
 
-__LIBC_HIDDEN__ extern struct atexit* __atexit;
 __LIBC_HIDDEN__ extern const char _C_ctype_[];
 __LIBC_HIDDEN__ extern const short _C_toupper_[];
 __LIBC_HIDDEN__ extern const short _C_tolower_[];