4 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index 7bbcc869..9fe9bc17 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 /* Globals */
-pmhandle_t *handle = NULL;
 enum _pmerrno_t pm_errno SYMEXPORT;
 
 /** \addtogroup alpm_interface Interface Functions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index a9de1612..d8cb0d67 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 #include "provide.h"
 #include "handle.h"
 
-extern pmhandle_t *handle;
-
 static pmgraph_t *_alpm_graph_new(void)
 {
 	pmgraph_t *graph = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.c b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
index 4c18943a..9031291d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 #include "alpm.h"
 #include "server.h"
 
+/* global var for handle (private to libalpm) */
+pmhandle_t *handle = NULL;
+
 pmhandle_t *_alpm_handle_new()
 {
 	pmhandle_t *handle;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.h b/lib/libalpm/handle.h
index d8edf00f..0874ecd3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ typedef struct _pmhandle_t {
 	unsigned short usedelta;     /* Download deltas if possible */
 } pmhandle_t;
 
+/* global handle variable */
 extern pmhandle_t *handle;
 
 pmhandle_t *_alpm_handle_new();