diff --git a/libavutil/log.c b/libavutil/log.c
index bbf30945d11e414ad02401a3d0d7ae1ea5a9ccd0..9248752a555a5d2bf50389dcff5787afd0d10bc2 100644
--- a/libavutil/log.c
+++ b/libavutil/log.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ void av_log_default_callback(void* ptr, int level, const char* fmt, va_list vl)
     if(print_prefix && avc) {
         fprintf(stderr, "[%s @ %p]", avc->item_name(ptr), ptr);
     }
-#define fprintf please_use_av_log
 
     print_prefix= strstr(fmt, "\n") != NULL;