diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 09c6682d16b5..a2d3a1d0fa9b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -124,42 +124,40 @@ struct device_private {
 	container_of(obj, struct device_private, knode_class)
 
 /* initialisation functions */
-extern int devices_init(void);
-extern int buses_init(void);
-extern int classes_init(void);
-extern int firmware_init(void);
+int devices_init(void);
+int buses_init(void);
+int classes_init(void);
+int firmware_init(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR
-extern int hypervisor_init(void);
+int hypervisor_init(void);
 #else
 static inline int hypervisor_init(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
-extern int platform_bus_init(void);
-extern void cpu_dev_init(void);
-extern void container_dev_init(void);
+int platform_bus_init(void);
+void cpu_dev_init(void);
+void container_dev_init(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUXILIARY_BUS
-extern void auxiliary_bus_init(void);
+void auxiliary_bus_init(void);
 #else
 static inline void auxiliary_bus_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
 struct kobject *virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev);
 
-extern int bus_add_device(struct device *dev);
-extern void bus_probe_device(struct device *dev);
-extern void bus_remove_device(struct device *dev);
+int bus_add_device(struct device *dev);
+void bus_probe_device(struct device *dev);
+void bus_remove_device(struct device *dev);
 void bus_notify(struct device *dev, enum bus_notifier_event value);
 bool bus_is_registered(const struct bus_type *bus);
 
-extern int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
-extern void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
-extern void device_release_driver_internal(struct device *dev,
-					   struct device_driver *drv,
-					   struct device *parent);
+int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
+void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
+void device_release_driver_internal(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv,
+				    struct device *parent);
 
-extern void driver_detach(struct device_driver *drv);
-extern void driver_deferred_probe_del(struct device *dev);
-extern void device_set_deferred_probe_reason(const struct device *dev,
-					     struct va_format *vaf);
+void driver_detach(struct device_driver *drv);
+void driver_deferred_probe_del(struct device *dev);
+void device_set_deferred_probe_reason(const struct device *dev, struct va_format *vaf);
 static inline int driver_match_device(struct device_driver *drv,
 				      struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -174,27 +172,25 @@ static inline void dev_sync_state(struct device *dev)
 		dev->driver->sync_state(dev);
 }
 
-extern int driver_add_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
-			     const struct attribute_group **groups);
-extern void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
-				 const struct attribute_group **groups);
+int driver_add_groups(struct device_driver *drv, const struct attribute_group **groups);
+void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv, const struct attribute_group **groups);
 void device_driver_detach(struct device *dev);
 
-extern int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
-extern void device_block_probing(void);
-extern void device_unblock_probing(void);
-extern void deferred_probe_extend_timeout(void);
-extern void driver_deferred_probe_trigger(void);
+int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
+void device_block_probing(void);
+void device_unblock_probing(void);
+void deferred_probe_extend_timeout(void);
+void driver_deferred_probe_trigger(void);
 const char *device_get_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode,
 			       kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid, const char **tmp);
 
 /* /sys/devices directory */
 extern struct kset *devices_kset;
-extern void devices_kset_move_last(struct device *dev);
+void devices_kset_move_last(struct device *dev);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
-extern void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
-extern void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
+void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
+void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
 #else
 static inline void module_add_driver(struct module *mod,
 				     struct device_driver *drv) { }
@@ -202,24 +198,24 @@ static inline void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVTMPFS
-extern int devtmpfs_init(void);
+int devtmpfs_init(void);
 #else
 static inline int devtmpfs_init(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 /* Device links support */
-extern int device_links_read_lock(void);
-extern void device_links_read_unlock(int idx);
-extern int device_links_read_lock_held(void);
-extern int device_links_check_suppliers(struct device *dev);
-extern void device_links_force_bind(struct device *dev);
-extern void device_links_driver_bound(struct device *dev);
-extern void device_links_driver_cleanup(struct device *dev);
-extern void device_links_no_driver(struct device *dev);
-extern bool device_links_busy(struct device *dev);
-extern void device_links_unbind_consumers(struct device *dev);
-extern void fw_devlink_drivers_done(void);
-extern void fw_devlink_probing_done(void);
+int device_links_read_lock(void);
+void device_links_read_unlock(int idx);
+int device_links_read_lock_held(void);
+int device_links_check_suppliers(struct device *dev);
+void device_links_force_bind(struct device *dev);
+void device_links_driver_bound(struct device *dev);
+void device_links_driver_cleanup(struct device *dev);
+void device_links_no_driver(struct device *dev);
+bool device_links_busy(struct device *dev);
+void device_links_unbind_consumers(struct device *dev);
+void fw_devlink_drivers_done(void);
+void fw_devlink_probing_done(void);
 
 /* device pm support */
 void device_pm_move_to_tail(struct device *dev);