diff --git a/xkbpath.c b/xkbpath.c
index 6f18b860fdb3574a80863599519d3e307f350f1c..e7912bf73be17531a8c15009095124f494f4ddca 100644
--- a/xkbpath.c
+++ b/xkbpath.c
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
 #include <X11/extensions/XKM.h>
 #include "xkbpath.h"
 
-#ifndef DFLT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT
-#define DFLT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT	"/usr/lib/X11/xkb"
-#endif
-
 #ifndef PATH_MAX
 #define	PATH_MAX 1024
 #endif