diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index a9754fd6484b7c..19acbec15c6fb7 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@
 #include "curlver.h"         /* libcurl version defines   */
 #include "system.h"          /* determine things run-time */
 
-/*
- * Define WIN32 when build target is Win32 API
- */
-
-#if (defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__)) && \
-     !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__SYMBIAN32__)
-#define WIN32
-#endif
-
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <limits.h>