diff --git a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
index 745bdbd86e..5e150e9ae6 100644
--- a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 #include "../../video/SDL_pixels_c.h"
 #include "SDL_shaders_vulkan.h"
 
-extern const char *SDL_Vulkan_GetResultString(VkResult result);
-
 #define VULKAN_FUNCTIONS()                                              \
     VULKAN_DEVICE_FUNCTION(vkAcquireNextImageKHR)                       \
     VULKAN_DEVICE_FUNCTION(vkAllocateCommandBuffers)                    \