diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index 988312175d468149c740211ac09fb119be2b7950..aa3705a0031de9b4112fdd6202e31d6469103d1c 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ const char *target_strerror_safe( int err )
 	}
 }
 
-const Jim_Nvp nvp_target_event[] = {
+static const Jim_Nvp nvp_target_event[] = {
 	{ .value = TARGET_EVENT_OLD_gdb_program_config , .name = "old-gdb_program_config" },
 	{ .value = TARGET_EVENT_OLD_pre_resume         , .name = "old-pre_resume" },
 
diff --git a/src/target/target.h b/src/target/target.h
index 13b463ca8a689cdf690e3755bfce3816f7b0ca8f..09f8e9c32973060842636db752b2e6b07fe4301f 100644
--- a/src/target/target.h
+++ b/src/target/target.h
@@ -318,8 +318,6 @@ enum target_event
 	TARGET_EVENT_GDB_FLASH_WRITE_END,
 };
 
-extern const Jim_Nvp nvp_target_event[];
-
 struct target_event_action_s {
 	enum target_event event;
 	Jim_Obj *body;