1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 372e57fbbc..698bd0b2a2 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ bool StopNode();
 //  (4) size
 //  (4) checksum
 
-// The message start string is designed to be unlikely to occur in normal data.
-// The characters are rarely used upper ascii, not valid as UTF-8, and produce
-// a large 4-byte int at any alignment.
-static const char pchMessageStart[4] = { 0xf9, 0xbe, 0xb4, 0xd9 };
+extern char pchMessageStart[4];
 
 class CMessageHeader
 {