diff --git a/src/fe-text/Makefile.am b/src/fe-text/Makefile.am
index 4adbd782..c93696d4 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/fe-text/Makefile.am
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ noinst_HEADERS = \
         mainwindows.h \
         statusbar.h \
         statusbar-config.h \
-        statusbar-items.h \
 	term.h \
 	terminfo-core.h \
         textbuffer.h \
diff --git a/src/fe-text/statusbar-items.h b/src/fe-text/statusbar-items.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e0b783..00000000
--- a/src/fe-text/statusbar-items.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __STATUSBAR_ITEMS_H
-#define __STATUSBAR_ITEMS_H
-
-void statusbar_items_init(void);
-void statusbar_items_deinit(void);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/fe-text/statusbar.c b/src/fe-text/statusbar.c
index 5ca83f70..d31f5b8c 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/statusbar.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/statusbar.c
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 
 #include "statusbar.h"
 #include "statusbar-config.h"
-#include "statusbar-items.h"
 #include "gui-windows.h"
 #include "gui-printtext.h"
 
+void statusbar_items_init(void);
+void statusbar_items_deinit(void);
+
 GSList *statusbar_groups;
 STATUSBAR_GROUP_REC *active_statusbar_group;