diff --git a/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.c b/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.c
index 977f4825..ee43de5d 100644
--- a/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.c
+++ b/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.c
@@ -619,9 +619,9 @@ static ma_device_backend_vtable ma_gDeviceBackendVTable_SDL =
     NULL    /* onDeviceGetInfo */
 };
 
-MA_API const ma_device_backend_vtable* MA_DEVICE_BACKEND_VTABLE_SDL = &ma_gDeviceBackendVTable_SDL;
+const ma_device_backend_vtable* MA_DEVICE_BACKEND_VTABLE_SDL = &ma_gDeviceBackendVTable_SDL;
 #else
-MA_API const ma_device_backend_vtable* MA_DEVICE_BACKEND_VTABLE_SDL = NULL;
+const ma_device_backend_vtable* MA_DEVICE_BACKEND_VTABLE_SDL = NULL;
 #endif  /* MA_HAS_SDL */
 
 
diff --git a/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.h b/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.h
index 9d70972b..da553bcc 100644
--- a/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.h
+++ b/extras/backends/sdl/backend_sdl.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ and device configs.
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-MA_API const ma_device_backend_vtable* MA_DEVICE_BACKEND_VTABLE_SDL;
+extern const ma_device_backend_vtable* MA_DEVICE_BACKEND_VTABLE_SDL;
 
 
 typedef struct