diff --git a/src/unity.h b/src/unity.h
index af2b549..9e26067 100644
--- a/src/unity.h
+++ b/src/unity.h
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ int suiteTearDown(int num_failures);
 #define TEST_ASSERT_NOT_EQUAL(expected, actual)                                                    UNITY_TEST_ASSERT(((expected) != (actual)), __LINE__, " Expected Not-Equal")
 #endif
 #ifdef UNITY_SHORTHAND_AS_NONE
-const char UnityStrErrShorthand[];
 #define TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(expected, actual)                                                        UNITY_TEST_FAIL(__LINE__, UnityStrErrShorthand)
 #define TEST_ASSERT_NOT_EQUAL(expected, actual)                                                    UNITY_TEST_FAIL(__LINE__, UnityStrErrShorthand)
 #endif
@@ -569,7 +568,6 @@ const char UnityStrErrShorthand[];
 #define TEST_ASSERT_NOT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(expected, actual, message)                                   UNITY_TEST_ASSERT(((expected) != (actual)), __LINE__, message)
 #endif
 #ifdef UNITY_SHORTHAND_AS_NONE
-const char UnityStrErrShorthand[];
 #define TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(expected, actual, message)                                       UNITY_TEST_FAIL(__LINE__, UnityStrErrShorthand)
 #define TEST_ASSERT_NOT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(expected, actual, message)                                   UNITY_TEST_FAIL(__LINE__, UnityStrErrShorthand)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/unity_internals.h b/src/unity_internals.h
index c2c5fa6..a3f39ca 100644
--- a/src/unity_internals.h
+++ b/src/unity_internals.h
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ extern const char UnityStrIgnore[];
 extern const char UnityStrErrFloat[];
 extern const char UnityStrErrDouble[];
 extern const char UnityStrErr64[];
+extern const char UnityStrErrShorthand[];
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------
  * Test Running Macros