diff --git a/src/exchange/taler-exchange-httpd_wire.h b/src/exchange/taler-exchange-httpd_wire.h
index 18bec7883..fc4e55a95 100644
--- a/src/exchange/taler-exchange-httpd_wire.h
+++ b/src/exchange/taler-exchange-httpd_wire.h
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@
 #include "taler-exchange-httpd.h"
 
 
-/**
- * Initialize wire subsystem.
- *
- * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR on error.
- */
-enum GNUNET_GenericReturnValue
-TEH_WIRE_init (void);
-
-
 /**
  * Clean up wire subsystem.
  */