1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 4bf14e0bd9..b0bbecf35e 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ extern struct index_state the_index;
 
 #ifndef USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #ifdef USE_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
-#define active_nr (the_index.cache_nr)
-
 #define read_cache() repo_read_index(the_repository)
 #define discard_cache() discard_index(&the_index)
 #define cache_name_pos(name, namelen) index_name_pos(&the_index,(name),(namelen))