diff --git a/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c b/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c
index fcbf581ba0..3706fc886b 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
-#ifdef SYS_DARWIN
-#define AVV(x...) (x)
-#else
-#define AVV(x...) {x}
-#endif
-
 #define vzero vec_splat_s32(0)
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
index 5e55a6b3c0..b5d4ed7a50 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
+++ b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "avutil.h"
 
-#ifdef SYS_DARWIN
-#define AVV(x...) (x)
-#else
-#define AVV(x...) {x}
-#endif
-
 #define MAX_FILTER_SIZE 256
 
 typedef int (*SwsFunc)(struct SwsContext *context, uint8_t* src[], int srcStride[], int srcSliceY,