diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
index e7d40cc6c1b6..e208ef920082 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
 #include <asm/commproc.h>
 #endif
 
-/* Tell string.h we don't want memcpy etc. as cpp defines */
-#define EXPORT_SYMTAB_STROPS
-
 extern void transfer_to_handler(void);
 extern void do_IRQ(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void MachineCheckException(struct pt_regs *regs);