diff --git a/cbits/HsUnix.c b/cbits/HsUnix.c
index e54bccf05f6c1fdfd468fc630e6421b7b058fbbc..09cfc9cd1d3af38e980a604e104d4ae460029607 100644
--- a/cbits/HsUnix.c
+++ b/cbits/HsUnix.c
@@ -35,25 +35,22 @@ int __hsunix_getpwuid_r(uid_t uid, struct passwd *pw, char *buffer,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PTSNAME
-// I cannot figure out how to make the definitions of the following
-// functions visible in <stdlib.h> on Linux.  But these definitions
-// follow the POSIX specs, and everything links and runs.
+// On Linux (and others), <stdlib.h> needs to be included while
+// `_XOPEN_SOURCE` is already defined. However, GHCs before GHC 8.0
+// didn't do that yet for CApiFFI, so we need this workaround here.
 
 char *__hsunix_ptsname(int fd)
 {
-    extern char *ptsname(int);
     return ptsname(fd);
 }
 
 int __hsunix_grantpt(int fd)
 {
-    extern int grantpt(int);
     return grantpt(fd);
 }
 
 int __hsunix_unlockpt(int fd)
 {
-    extern int unlockpt(int);
     return unlockpt(fd);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/HsUnix.h b/include/HsUnix.h
index 7b404fc74e5957f8da3bfd8b36e21b1ab1439882..98990b286143404daf3550f32b8e2c13800989be 100644
--- a/include/HsUnix.h
+++ b/include/HsUnix.h
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ int __hsunix_getpwuid_r(uid_t, struct passwd *, char *, size_t,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PTSNAME
-// I cannot figure out how to make the definitions of the following
-// functions visible in <stdlib.h> on Linux.  But these definitions
-// follow the POSIX specs, and everything links and runs.
-
 char *__hsunix_ptsname(int fd);
 int __hsunix_grantpt(int fd);
 int __hsunix_unlockpt(int fd);