diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0f79f2d62bd..3912429dcf3 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-10-07  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>
+
+	* c-lang.h (vtbl_ptr_name): Declare.
+	* cp-valprint.c (vtbl_ptr_name): Remove "extern" now that we get
+	it from the header.
+	* stabsread.c (define_symbol): Remove declaration of vtbl_ptr_name.
+
 2019-10-07  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>
 
 	* charset.c (your_gdb_wchar_t_is_bogus): Replace with a
diff --git a/gdb/c-lang.h b/gdb/c-lang.h
index d95df54c83e..de291fa8f13 100644
--- a/gdb/c-lang.h
+++ b/gdb/c-lang.h
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ extern void cp_print_value_fields_rtti (struct type *,
 					const struct value_print_options *,
 					struct type **, int);
 
+/* gcc-2.6 or later (when using -fvtable-thunks)
+   emits a unique named type for a vtable entry.
+   Some gdb code depends on that specific name.  */
+
+extern const char vtbl_ptr_name[];
+
 extern int cp_is_vtbl_ptr_type (struct type *);
 
 extern int cp_is_vtbl_member (struct type *);
diff --git a/gdb/cp-valprint.c b/gdb/cp-valprint.c
index e73b0e27faf..04be4dc83b7 100644
--- a/gdb/cp-valprint.c
+++ b/gdb/cp-valprint.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void cp_print_value (struct type *, struct type *,
 
 
 /* GCC versions after 2.4.5 use this.  */
-extern const char vtbl_ptr_name[] = "__vtbl_ptr_type";
+const char vtbl_ptr_name[] = "__vtbl_ptr_type";
 
 /* Return truth value for assertion that TYPE is of the type
    "pointer to virtual function".  */
diff --git a/gdb/stabsread.c b/gdb/stabsread.c
index da455da3658..fa2521f1ca3 100644
--- a/gdb/stabsread.c
+++ b/gdb/stabsread.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "gdb-demangle.h"
 #include "language.h"
 #include "target-float.h"
+#include "c-lang.h"
 #include "cp-abi.h"
 #include "cp-support.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -1259,11 +1260,6 @@ define_symbol (CORE_ADDR valu, const char *string, int desc, int type,
 
       if (TYPE_NAME (SYMBOL_TYPE (sym)) == NULL)
 	{
-	  /* gcc-2.6 or later (when using -fvtable-thunks)
-	     emits a unique named type for a vtable entry.
-	     Some gdb code depends on that specific name.  */
-	  extern const char vtbl_ptr_name[];
-
 	  if ((TYPE_CODE (SYMBOL_TYPE (sym)) == TYPE_CODE_PTR
 	       && strcmp (SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (sym), vtbl_ptr_name))
 	      || TYPE_CODE (SYMBOL_TYPE (sym)) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC)