diff --git a/servers/slapd/slap.h b/servers/slapd/slap.h
index 00ac93d23a..9c1877a101 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slap.h
+++ b/servers/slapd/slap.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ LDAP_BEGIN_DECL
 #define LDAP_COLLECTIVE_ATTRIBUTES
 #define SLAP_CONTROL_X_TREE_DELETE LDAP_CONTROL_X_TREE_DELETE
 
-#define	SLAP_USE_CONFDIR	/* partially implemented */
-
 #ifdef ENABLE_REWRITE
 #define SLAP_AUTH_REWRITE	1 /* use librewrite for sasl-regexp */
 #endif