diff --git a/libdm/make.tmpl.in b/libdm/make.tmpl.in
index cc1642af7..92f2f5513 100644
--- a/libdm/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/libdm/make.tmpl.in
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ endif
 # end of fPIC protection
 endif
 
-DEFS += -D_BUILDING_LVM
-
 LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/libdm
 CLDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/libdm
 
diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index 13f9afcd4..56d7cd684 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ endif
 # end of fPIC protection
 endif
 
-DEFS += -D_BUILDING_LVM
-
 LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/lib
 CLDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/lib