diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom/interface.h b/lang/cem/cemcom/interface.h
index e75dd7749..4abd01b21 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom/interface.h
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom/interface.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  * (c) copyright 1987 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  * See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
  */
-#define PRIVATE	/*static		/* or not */
+#define PRIVATE	static		/* or not */
 #define IMPORT	extern
 #define EXPORT
diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom/scan.c b/lang/cem/cemcom/scan.c
index 2a9ccbf8c..6c295f1b0 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom/scan.c
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom/scan.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PRIVATE char *aptr;	/* pointer to last inserted character in apbuf	*/
 
 PRIVATE int nr_of_params;	/* number of actuals read until now	*/
 
-PRIVATE char **
+char **
 getactuals(idef)
 	register struct idf *idef;
 {
diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom/skip.c b/lang/cem/cemcom/skip.c
index 5da339b27..ee3ccb5c2 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom/skip.c
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom/skip.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include	"interface.h"
 
 #ifndef NOPP
-PRIVATE int
+int
 skipspaces(ch, skipnl)
 	register int ch;
 {
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ skipspaces(ch, skipnl)
 }
 #endif /* NOPP */
 
-PRIVATE 
 skipline()
 {
 	/*	skipline() skips all characters until a newline character