diff --git a/ext/etc/extconf.rb b/ext/etc/extconf.rb
index b6ae770..6e7810a 100644
--- a/ext/etc/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/etc/extconf.rb
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@
   %x[#{RbConfig.ruby} #{srcdir}/mkconstants.rb -o #{srcdir}/constdefs.h]
 end
 
-decl = [
-  "void rb_deprecate_constant(VALUE, const char *);",
-]
-have_func('rb_deprecate_constant(Qnil, "None")', [decl])
+have_func('rb_deprecate_constant(Qnil, "None")')
 
 $distcleanfiles << "constdefs.h"