diff --git a/src/backend/helpers.cpp b/src/backend/helpers.cpp
index 99c551f4..c4e4c946 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/helpers.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #   include "windows.h"
 #   include "shlobj.h"
 #endif
-#define BUFSIZE 4096
 
 namespace loot {
     using namespace std;