diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index eaf47e0..32766d7 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ extern "C"
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
 char $f ();
-char (*f) ();
+char f;
 
 #ifdef F77_DUMMY_MAIN
 #  ifdef __cplusplus