diff --git a/examples/seccheck/server.cc b/examples/seccheck/server.cc
index 426d7a53c..bc73cb85d 100644
--- a/examples/seccheck/server.cc
+++ b/examples/seccheck/server.cc
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ bool handshake(int client_fd) {
   return true;
 }
 
-extern "C" int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   for (int c = 0; (c = getopt(argc, argv, "q")) != -1;) {
     switch (c) {
       case 'q':