diff --git a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_kw2xrf.c b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_kw2xrf.c
index e3819078eb6559e8f5325e755149b629c6b9f2ed..652040f0f26f6bcbf345ed9eb63cd6361115d97f 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_kw2xrf.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_kw2xrf.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ void auto_init_kw2xrf(void)
         }
     }
 }
+#else
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
 #endif /* MODULE_NG_KW2XRF */
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_ng_at86rf2xx.c b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_ng_at86rf2xx.c
index de872d1ba147c7fcf0b32e4ce2119a80c89dd209..f073494bb3129bb79f5a556df9c668c316ae21de 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_ng_at86rf2xx.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_ng_at86rf2xx.c
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ void auto_init_ng_at86rf2xx(void)
         }
     }
 }
+#else
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
 #endif /* MODULE_NG_AT86RF2XX */
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_slip.c b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_slip.c
index b0251a1c1203483c2e17336f201273b8c2809d31..67fc211fe400ba437dac51b9ec95a1f6822e829e 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_slip.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_slip.c
@@ -60,5 +60,7 @@ void auto_init_slip(void)
     }
 }
 
+#else
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
 #endif /* MODULE_NG_SLIP */
 /** @} */
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_xbee.c b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_xbee.c
index 4fc932abc382d0293a401223986691a19ed4aa95..35c076dc7e7f54defc70c68fc305fb3880310b28 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_xbee.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/netif/auto_init_xbee.c
@@ -67,5 +67,7 @@ void auto_init_xbee(void)
     }
 }
 
+#else
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
 #endif /* MODULE_XBEE */
 /** @} */