diff --git a/hal.h b/hal.h
index 11f0591693..4e4b29405b 100644
--- a/hal.h
+++ b/hal.h
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ void FiosDelete(const char *name);
 // Make a filename from a name
 void FiosMakeSavegameName(char *buf, const char *name);
 
+int CDECL compare_FiosItems(const void *a, const void *b);
+
 void CreateConsole(void);
 
 #endif /* HAL_H */
diff --git a/misc_gui.c b/misc_gui.c
index dc2294c2ca..acfc5e83c4 100644
--- a/misc_gui.c
+++ b/misc_gui.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include "hal.h" // for file list
 
+static bool _savegame_sort_dirty;
+
 bool _query_string_active;
 
 typedef struct LandInfoData {
@@ -1142,12 +1144,6 @@ static void DrawFiosTexts(void)
 	DoDrawString(path, 2, 27, 16);
 }
 
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-	extern int CDECL compare_FiosItems (const void *a, const void *b);
-#else
-	extern int compare_FiosItems (const void *a, const void *b);
-#endif
-
 
 static void MakeSortedSaveGameList(void)
 {
diff --git a/ttd.h b/ttd.h
index 33cc3c13d3..94722b2466 100644
--- a/ttd.h
+++ b/ttd.h
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ enum SpecialStrings {
 
 typedef void PlaceProc(uint tile);
 
-VARDEF bool _savegame_sort_dirty;
 VARDEF byte _savegame_sort_order;
 
 #define INVALID_UINT_TILE (uint)0xFFFFFFFF