diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 6822ac77aec2..6e60389d6a15 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -419,12 +419,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fstat, unsigned int, fd, struct __old_kernel_stat __user *, stat
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_NEW_STAT
 
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-#  define choose_32_64(a,b) a
-#else
-#  define choose_32_64(a,b) b
-#endif
-
 #ifndef INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING
 #  define INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING(st) memset(&st, 0, sizeof(st))
 #endif