diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp
index 27b78f83587..b2e215f4b14 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.cpp
@@ -26,16 +26,7 @@
 NS_IMPL_ADDREF(nsMsgFilterService)
 NS_IMPL_RELEASE(nsMsgFilterService)
 
-NS_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
 
-nsresult
-NS_NewMsgFilterService(const nsIID& iid, void **result)
-{
-	nsMsgFilterService *ids = new nsMsgFilterService();
-	return (ids) ? ids->QueryInterface(iid, result) : NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-}
-
-NS_END_EXTERN_C
 
 
 nsMsgFilterService::nsMsgFilterService()
diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.h b/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.h
index 8c1a2d3fae3..fa816dc53c6 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.h
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/base/search/src/nsMsgFilterService.h
@@ -22,12 +22,7 @@
 #include "nsIMsgFilterService.h"
 
 
-NS_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
 
-nsresult
-NS_NewMsgFilterService(const nsIID& iid, void **result);
-
-NS_END_EXTERN_C
 
 // The filter service is used to acquire and manipulate filter lists.