diff --git a/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c b/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
index 8028786c7b..cd78ef94a1 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@
 #include "exec/helper-info.c.inc"
 #undef  HELPER_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
-# define CONFIG_SOFTMMU_GATE 1
-#else
-# define CONFIG_SOFTMMU_GATE 0
-#endif
-
 /*
  * plugin_cb_start TCG op args[]:
  * 0: enum plugin_gen_from