diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h b/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h
index 1a482f4..4778df3 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h
@@ -101,13 +101,6 @@
 #define NL "\n"
 #endif
 
-/*  ----------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define popen(f,m) _popen(f,m)
-#define pclose(fh) _pclose(fh)
-#endif
-
 /*  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Spellchecker using dynamic library load */
 #if !defined(GCFG_NOSPELLDLL) && !defined(__WIN32__)