diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 90a4aa190b43..c1ca1f3f4935 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 #define NFS_DEF_FILE_IO_SIZE	(4096U)
 #define NFS_MIN_FILE_IO_SIZE	(1024U)
 
-/* Forward declaration for NFS v3 */
-struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors;
-
 struct nfs4_string {
 	unsigned int len;
 	char *data;