diff --git a/main/php_compat.h b/main/php_compat.h
index 438ada44eda03..2f9f4c1c89e62 100644
--- a/main/php_compat.h
+++ b/main/php_compat.h
@@ -393,8 +393,4 @@
 #define XML_NS 1
 #endif
 
-#ifdef PHP_EXPORTS
-#define PCRE_STATIC
-#endif
-
 #endif