diff --git a/src/include/c.h b/src/include/c.h
index 65e91a6b89..dfc366b026 100644
--- a/src/include/c.h
+++ b/src/include/c.h
@@ -333,16 +333,6 @@
 	_61,_62,_63,  N, ...) \
 	(N)
 
-/*
- * dummyret is used to set return values in macros that use ?: to make
- * assignments.  gcc wants these to be void, other compilers like char
- */
-#ifdef __GNUC__					/* GNU cc */
-#define dummyret	void
-#else
-#define dummyret	char
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Generic function pointer.  This can be used in the rare cases where it's
  * necessary to cast a function pointer to a seemingly incompatible function