diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index de83355..e9b134d 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
 extern char * strrchr(const char *,int);
 #endif
-extern char * skip_spaces(const char *);
-
-extern char *strim(char *);
-
+#include <linux/linux_string.h>
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSTR
 extern char * strstr(const char *,const char *);
 #endif