diff --git a/src/creddit.mk b/src/creddit.mk
index de8710c3659e..c5435a75831a 100644
--- a/src/creddit.mk
+++ b/src/creddit.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ ifdef F_MACOSX
 	CREDDIT_LDFLAGS+=-lncurses
 else
 	CREDDIT_LDFLAGS+=-lncursesw
-	CREDDIT_CFLAGS+=-DCREDDIT_USE_NCURSESW
 endif
 
 ifdef STATIC