diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/inc/azure/core/amqp/internal/common/global_state.hpp b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/inc/azure/core/amqp/internal/common/global_state.hpp
index 0616e600d4..a88f237fe2 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/inc/azure/core/amqp/internal/common/global_state.hpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/inc/azure/core/amqp/internal/common/global_state.hpp
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace Azure { namespace Core { namespace Amqp { namespace Common { namespace _detail {
 
-#if ENABLE_RUST_AMQP
-  extern thread_local RustThreadContext RustThreadContextInstance;
-#endif
-
 #if ENABLE_UAMQP
   /**
    * uAMQP and azure-c-shared-util require that the platform_init and platform_uninit