diff --git a/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h b/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h
index 9ebd123bb46a..9b87f5eabdff 100644
--- a/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h
+++ b/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h
@@ -31,15 +31,8 @@
 
 #include "common/scummsys.h"
 
-// Remove FILE override from common/forbidden.h, and replace
-// it with an alternate slightly less unfriendly override.
 #if !defined(FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_ALLOW_ALL) && !defined(FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_EXCEPTION_FILE)
 #undef FILE
-// Solaris has typedef __FILE FILE in several places already
-#if !defined(__sun)
-typedef struct { int FAKE; } FAKE_FILE;
-#define FILE FAKE_FILE
-#endif   // (__sun)
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_ALLOW_ALL) && !defined(FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_EXCEPTION_strcasecmp)