diff --git a/examples/compute/cuda/partitioned_vector.cu b/examples/compute/cuda/partitioned_vector.cu
index 4cf5eff18365..d7bb164fada6 100644
--- a/examples/compute/cuda/partitioned_vector.cu
+++ b/examples/compute/cuda/partitioned_vector.cu
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 //  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
 //  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
-#define HPX_APPLICATION_NAME partitioned_vector_cu
-#define HPX_APPLICATION_STRING "partitioned_vector_cu"
-#define HPX_APPLICATION_EXPORTS
-
 #include <hpx/include/compute.hpp>
 #include <hpx/include/partitioned_vector.hpp>
 #include <hpx/include/parallel_for_each.hpp>