diff --git a/repos/base-linux/src/base/env/debug.cc b/repos/base-linux/src/base/env/debug.cc
index 2602e5a769..8ee21165ba 100644
--- a/repos/base-linux/src/base/env/debug.cc
+++ b/repos/base-linux/src/base/env/debug.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,3 @@ extern "C" void wait_for_continue(void)
 	lx_syscall(SYS_read, (int)0, buf, sizeof(buf));
 #endif /* DEBUG */
 }
-
-
-extern "C" int get_pid() { return lx_getpid(); }