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diff --git a/lib/getopt.c b/lib/getopt.c
index 812258ae3..654f76159 100644
--- a/lib/getopt.c
+++ b/lib/getopt.c
@@ -190,11 +190,12 @@ my_index (str, chr)
/* If using GCC, we can safely declare strlen this way.
If not using GCC, it is ok not to declare it. */
#ifdef __GNUC__
+/* Note that Motorola Delta 68k R3V7 comes with GCC but not stddef.h.
+ That was relevant to code that was here before. */
#ifndef __STDC__
-/* Motorola Delta 68k R3V7 comes with GCC but not stddef.h.
- Enable Emacs to compile on it. */
-#include <stddef.h>
-extern size_t strlen (const char *);
+/* gcc with -traditional declares the built-in strlen to return int,
+ and has done so at least since version 2.4.5. -- rms. */
+extern int strlen (const char *);
#endif /* not __STDC__ */
#endif /* __GNUC__ */