diff --git a/src/GlobalEvents.hxx b/src/GlobalEvents.hxx
index 58777aaf7..ff4b47e5f 100644
--- a/src/GlobalEvents.hxx
+++ b/src/GlobalEvents.hxx
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@
 #ifndef MPD_GLOBAL_EVENTS_HXX
 #define MPD_GLOBAL_EVENTS_HXX
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
-/* DELETE is a WIN32 macro that poisons our namespace; this is a
-   kludge to allow us to use it anyway */
-#ifdef DELETE
-#undef DELETE
-#endif
-#endif
-
 class EventLoop;
 
 namespace GlobalEvents {