diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 0d392369c472d1..f31a3ed55ec652 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -332,8 +332,6 @@ RBIMPL_WARNING_POP()
 
 #define NO_LEX_CTXT (struct lex_context){0}
 
-#define AREF(ary, i) RARRAY_AREF(ary, i)
-
 #ifndef WARN_PAST_SCOPE
 # define WARN_PAST_SCOPE 0
 #endif