diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/interface.h b/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/interface.h
index e75dd7749..4abd01b21 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/interface.h
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/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