diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h
index 8759fac4fdb..ea6a841cf6d 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h,v 1.20 2006/10/04 00:30:11 momjian Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h,v 1.20.2.1 2007/04/27 07:55:22 meskes Exp $ */
 
 #ifndef _ECPG_LIB_EXTERN_H
 #define _ECPG_LIB_EXTERN_H
@@ -132,13 +132,6 @@ bool ECPGstore_result(const PGresult *results, int act_field,
 				 const struct statement * stmt, struct variable * var);
 bool		ECPGstore_input(const int, const bool, const struct variable *, const char **, bool *, bool);
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (defined (__powerpc__) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__x86_64__))
- /* work around a gcc/ABI bug with va_lists on ppc+amd64 */
-void		ECPGget_variable(va_list, enum ECPGttype, struct variable *, bool);
-#else
-void		ECPGget_variable(va_list *, enum ECPGttype, struct variable *, bool);
-#endif
-
 /* SQLSTATE values generated or processed by ecpglib (intentionally
  * not exported -- users should refer to the codes directly) */