diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/msstyles.c b/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/msstyles.c
index ee14fa85c41..cc2b352f7fc 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/msstyles.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/msstyles.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ static BOOL MSSTYLES_GetNextInteger(LPCWSTR lpStringStart, LPCWSTR lpStringEnd,
 static BOOL MSSTYLES_GetNextToken(LPCWSTR lpStringStart, LPCWSTR lpStringEnd, LPCWSTR *lpValEnd, LPWSTR lpBuff, DWORD buffSize);
 static HRESULT MSSTYLES_GetFont (LPCWSTR lpStringStart, LPCWSTR lpStringEnd, LPCWSTR *lpValEnd, LOGFONTW* logfont);
 
-extern HINSTANCE hDllInst;
 extern int alphaBlendMode;
 
 #define MSSTYLES_VERSION 0x0003