diff --git a/src/simdjson.cpp b/src/simdjson.cpp
index 757996336..8d17791cd 100644
--- a/src/simdjson.cpp
+++ b/src/simdjson.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// Instead of including simdjson.h, we include the stuff inside so we can get all the
-// implementations and not just builtin
-#define SIMDJSON_CPP
-
 #include "simdjson.h"
 
 SIMDJSON_PUSH_DISABLE_WARNINGS