diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/filetypes.h b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/filetypes.h
index 36f410a040cf..46a79a9c3b4a 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/filetypes.h
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/filetypes.h
@@ -80,7 +80,5 @@
 #ifndef S_ISLNK
 #define lstat stat
 #endif
-#if 0	/* Prototypes come from <sys/stat.h> */
 int lstat ();
 int stat ();
-#endif