diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/include/shtable.h b/src/cmd/ksh93/include/shtable.h
index 53133bbc2..91030a900 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/include/shtable.h
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/include/shtable.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct shtable3
 #define sh_lookup(name,value)	(sh_locate(name,(Shtable_t*)(value),sizeof(*(value)))->sh_number)
 extern const Shtable_t		shtab_testops[];
 extern const Shtable_t		shtab_options[];
-extern const Shtable_t		shtab_options_posix[];
 extern const Shtable_t		shtab_attributes[];
 extern const struct shtable2	shtab_variables[];
 extern const struct shtable2	shtab_aliases[];
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/options.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/options.sh
index 59ab0f2da..1ed1af2a1 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/options.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/options.sh
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ if [[ -o ?posix ]]; then
 	(set +o posix; set --posix >/dev/null; [[ -o posix ]]) || err_exit "set --posix != set -o posix"
 	(set -o posix; set --noposix; [[ -o posix ]]) && err_exit "set --noposix != set +o posix"
 	(set -o posix +o letoctal; [[ -o letoctal ]]) && err_exit "failed to stop posix option from turning on letoctal"
+if((SHOPT_BRACEPAT)); then
 	(set +B; set -o posix -B; [[ -o braceexpand ]]) || err_exit "failed to stop posix option from turning off bracceexpand"
+fi # SHOPT_BRACEPAT
 	(set --default -o posix; [[ -o letoctal ]]) && err_exit "set --default failed to stop posix option from changing others"
 fi