diff --git a/lib/parse.h b/lib/parse.h
index cc2769ff9b..e5f2601434 100644
--- a/lib/parse.h
+++ b/lib/parse.h
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 #include "miofile.h"
 #include "error_numbers.h"
 #include "str_util.h"
-#include "util.h"
+
+extern bool boinc_is_finite(double);
+    // avoid including util.h (kludge)
 
 // see parse_test.cpp for example usage of XML_PARSER
 
diff --git a/lib/util.h b/lib/util.h
index f209569cc9..1707367d71 100644
--- a/lib/util.h
+++ b/lib/util.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static inline double drand() {
     return (double)rand()/(double)RAND_MAX;
 }
 extern double rand_normal();
-extern bool boinc_is_finite(double);
 
 extern void update_average(double, double, double, double, double&, double&);