diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index 8ea2b5f13e..ebd5d5ce0e 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static char loglockfile[256];
 
 /* file in which additional instructions may be found */
 #define DEFAULT_CMDFILE "log/server.cmd"
-const char *cmdfile = DEFAULT_CMDFILE;
+static const char *cmdfile = DEFAULT_CMDFILE;
 
 /* very-big-path support */
 #define MAXDOCNAMELEN 140000
diff --git a/tests/server/util.h b/tests/server/util.h
index 105e4f73c1..212fc453da 100644
--- a/tests/server/util.h
+++ b/tests/server/util.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ extern const char *path;
 /* global variable, log file name */
 extern const char *serverlogfile;
 
-extern const char *cmdfile;
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <process.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>