diff --git a/lib/getdate.y b/lib/getdate.y
index 32749db5917fdab15d1fad3f37b8b7dd86628c25..8afd6fa9c0b7f7eca154783bf21f5bf3d350785c 100644
--- a/lib/getdate.y
+++ b/lib/getdate.y
@@ -477,9 +477,11 @@ o_merid	: /* NULL */
    the same signature as the function definition does. */
 #include "getdate.h"
 
+#ifndef WIN32 /* the windows dudes don't need these, does anyone really? */
 extern struct tm	*gmtime ();
 extern struct tm	*localtime ();
 extern time_t		mktime ();
+#endif
 
 /* Month and day table. */
 static TABLE const MonthDayTable[] = {
diff --git a/lib/mprintf.c b/lib/mprintf.c
index 91f10fcb0d8be8fe76cfd89593b7f517f7f24142..6e28d2b32dd5515f0bdb4316f7b089df02ba5de1 100644
--- a/lib/mprintf.c
+++ b/lib/mprintf.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,9 @@ int curl_msprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...)
   return retcode;
 }
 
+#ifndef WIN32 /* not needed on win32 */
 extern int fputc(int, FILE *);
+#endif
 
 int curl_mprintf(const char *format, ...)
 {