diff --git a/include/skipstone/message.h b/include/skipstone/message.h
index b993605..e370c8c 100644
--- a/include/skipstone/message.h
+++ b/include/skipstone/message.h
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
 
 #define SKIPSTONE_MESSAGE_MAX_PAYLOAD 4096
 
-typedef struct _skipstone_message_header {
-    uint16_t size,
-             id;
-} skipstone_message_header;
-
 ssize_t skipstone_message_pack(void *message,
                                size_t len,
                                const char *template, ...);
diff --git a/src/link.c b/src/link.c
index 0270bfc..b18e21c 100644
--- a/src/link.c
+++ b/src/link.c
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ struct _skipstone_link {
     struct termios attrs;
 };
 
+struct header {
+    uint16_t size,
+             id;
+};
+
 skipstone_link *skipstone_link_open(const char *device) {
     skipstone_link *link;
     struct termios t;
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ ssize_t skipstone_link_send(skipstone_link *link,
                             void *buf,
                             uint16_t id,
                             size_t size) {
-    skipstone_message_header header;
+    struct header header;
 
     ssize_t len;
 
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ ssize_t skipstone_link_recv(skipstone_link *link,
                             void *buf,
                             uint16_t *id,
                             size_t size) {
-    skipstone_message_header header;
+    struct header header;
 
     size_t len;