diff --git a/src/mca/mpi/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_irecv.c b/src/mca/mpi/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_irecv.c
index ba8b43be9f..db48c90909 100644
--- a/src/mca/mpi/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_irecv.c
+++ b/src/mca/mpi/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_irecv.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "pml_teg.h"
 
                                                                                                              
-extern int mca_pml_teg_irecv_init(
+int mca_pml_teg_irecv_init(
     void *buf,
     size_t size,
     struct lam_datatype_t *datatype,