diff --git a/crypto/crypto.c b/crypto/crypto.c
index f2e333797..ed99bec41 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.c
+++ b/crypto/crypto.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ see ecryption-doc.txt for details
 #include "rijndael-api-fst.h"
 #include "crypto.h"
 
-extern HINSTANCE g_hInstance;
+//extern HINSTANCE g_hInstance;
 extern HMODULE   g_hLngResContainer;
 
 #define WKEY_LEN 256
diff --git a/src/Edit.c b/src/Edit.c
index 2c485f52a..55efa6ded 100644
--- a/src/Edit.c
+++ b/src/Edit.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 // find free bits in scintilla.h SCFIND_ defines
 #define SCFIND_NP3_REGEX (SCFIND_REGEXP | SCFIND_POSIX)
 
-extern HINSTANCE g_hInstance;
 extern HMODULE   g_hLngResContainer;
 
 extern HWND  g_hwndMain;
@@ -6963,6 +6962,7 @@ typedef struct _modlinesdata {
   LPWSTR pwsz2;
 } MODLINESDATA, *PMODLINESDATA;
 
+extern HINSTANCE g_hInstance;
 
 INT_PTR CALLBACK EditModifyLinesDlgProc(HWND hwnd,UINT umsg,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
 {
diff --git a/src/Encoding.c b/src/Encoding.c
index e5eb5876d..5dbccc25c 100644
--- a/src/Encoding.c
+++ b/src/Encoding.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "encoding.h"
 
 
-//extern HINSTANCE g_hInstance;
 extern HMODULE   g_hLngResContainer;
 
 extern bool bLoadASCIIasUTF8;
diff --git a/src/Version.h b/src/Version.h
index a14e3ffe2..887f58075 100644
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