diff --git a/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.cpp b/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.cpp
index f7c9c8ed4f..269dafab39 100644
--- a/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 #include "filesystem/mbed_filesystem.h"
 #include "LittleFileSystem.h"
 #include "errno.h"
-extern "C" {
 #include "lfs.h"
 #include "lfs_util.h"
-}
 
 
 ////// Conversion functions //////
diff --git a/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.h b/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.h
index 6f15a423ba..57cd676563 100644
--- a/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.h
+++ b/features/filesystem/littlefs/LittleFileSystem.h
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "BlockDevice.h"
 #include "PlatformMutex.h"
-extern "C" {
 #include "lfs.h"
-}
 
 
 /**