diff --git a/build/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4 b/build/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4
index 79478f56b8b..79f3eef82bc 100644
--- a/build/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4
+++ b/build/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE], [
                     static int bar( void ) __attribute__(($1("foo")));
                 ],
                 [target], [
-                    static int bar( void ) __attribute__(($1("sse2")));
+                    int bar( void ) __attribute__(($1("sse2")));
                 ],
                 [
                  m4_warn([syntax], [Unsupported attribute $1, the test may fail])