diff --git a/src/modules/modules.c b/src/modules/modules.c
index 3d07c64e92..0a0a24ad2d 100644
--- a/src/modules/modules.c
+++ b/src/modules/modules.c
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
 #include <vlc_plugin.h>
 #include "libvlc.h"
 
-/* Some faulty libcs have a broken struct dirent when _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
- * is set to 64. Don't try to be cleverer. */
-#ifdef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
-#undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
-#endif
-
 #include <stdlib.h>                                      /* free(), strtol() */
 #include <stdio.h>                                              /* sprintf() */
 #include <string.h>                                              /* strdup() */