diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 3fbc5d7077..8336466865 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -369,9 +369,7 @@ static void parse_pack_header(void)
 	use(sizeof(struct pack_header));
 }
 
-static NORETURN void bad_object(off_t offset, const char *format,
-		       ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-
+__attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
 static NORETURN void bad_object(off_t offset, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index a34742513a..2d1f97e1ca 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -425,9 +425,6 @@ static int proc_receive_ref_matches(struct command *cmd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void rp_error(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-static void rp_warning(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-
 static void report_message(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
 {
 	int sz;
@@ -445,6 +442,7 @@ static void report_message(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
 		xwrite(2, msg, sz);
 }
 
+__attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 static void rp_warning(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
@@ -453,6 +451,7 @@ static void rp_warning(const char *err, ...)
 	va_end(params);
 }
 
+__attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 static void rp_error(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;