diff --git a/linker/linker_format.h b/linker/linker_format.h
index 3766b62..b8873c0 100644
--- a/linker/linker_format.h
+++ b/linker/linker_format.h
@@ -25,25 +25,17 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
+
 #ifndef _LINKER_FORMAT_H
 #define _LINKER_FORMAT_H
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/* Formatting routines for the dynamic linker's debug traces */
-/* We want to avoid dragging the whole C library fprintf()   */
-/* implementation into the dynamic linker since this creates */
-/* issues (it uses malloc()/free()) and increases code size  */
-
+// Formatting routines for the dynamic linker's debug traces
+// We want to avoid dragging the whole C library fprintf()
+// implementation into the dynamic linker since this creates
+// issues (it uses malloc()/free()) and increases code size.
 int format_buffer(char *buffer, size_t bufsize, const char *format, ...);
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-};
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _LINKER_FORMAT_H */