diff --git a/src/afs/afs.h b/src/afs/afs.h
index 5fc2e73b03..0ef4b65228 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs.h
+++ b/src/afs/afs.h
@@ -1145,12 +1145,10 @@ extern struct brequest afs_brs[NBRS];		/* request structures */
 
 #if !defined(UKERNEL) && !defined(HAVE_STRUCT_BUF)
 /* declare something so that prototypes don't flip out */
-/* this is really a sick hack, but appears struct buf stuff is only actually passed
-around as a pointer, except with libuafs, in which case it is actually defined */
+/* appears struct buf stuff is only actually passed around as a pointer, 
+   except with libuafs, in which case it is actually defined */
 
-struct buf {
-	int bogus; 
-};
+struct buf;
 #endif
 
 /* fakestat support: opaque storage for afs_EvalFakeStat to remember