diff --git a/src/prss.cc b/src/prss.cc
index fe8a5af9..72a7e86c 100644
--- a/src/prss.cc
+++ b/src/prss.cc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static inline int parse_rss_2_0(PRSS *res, xmlNodePtr root)
 	if (res->version) free(res->version);
 	res->version = strndup("2.0", text_buffer_size);
 	if (res->items) free_rss_items(res);
-	res->items = malloc(items * sizeof(PRSS_Item));
+	res->items = (PRSS_Item*) malloc(items * sizeof(PRSS_Item));
 	res->item_count = 0;
 
 	for (n = channel->children; n; n = n->next) {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static inline int parse_rss_1_0(PRSS *res, xmlNodePtr root)
 	if (res->version) free(res->version);
 	res->version = strndup("1.0", text_buffer_size);
 	if (res->items) free_rss_items(res);
-	res->items = malloc(items * sizeof(PRSS_Item));
+	res->items = (PRSS_Item*) malloc(items * sizeof(PRSS_Item));
 	res->item_count = 0;
 
 	for (n = root->children; n; n = n->next) {
diff --git a/src/prss.h b/src/prss.h
index e202019c..4da4cbb5 100644
--- a/src/prss.h
+++ b/src/prss.h
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 typedef struct PRSS_Item_ {
 	char *title;
 	char *link;
@@ -64,8 +60,4 @@ PRSS *prss_parse_doc(xmlDocPtr doc); */
  * after call to this function. */
 void prss_free(PRSS *data);
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif /* PRSS_H */