diff --git a/src/hb-open-type-private.hh b/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
index 48455ec07..bc7e7be98 100644
--- a/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ _hb_sanitize_edit (SANITIZE_ARG_DEF,
 }
 
 #define SANITIZE(X) likely ((X).sanitize (SANITIZE_ARG))
-#define SANITIZE2(X,Y) (SANITIZE (X) && SANITIZE (Y))
 
 #define SANITIZE_THIS(X) likely ((X).sanitize (SANITIZE_ARG, CharP(this)))
 #define SANITIZE_THIS2(X,Y) (SANITIZE_THIS (X) && SANITIZE_THIS (Y))
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh
index 889baa7f5..d2890b09e 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ struct Ligature
   public:
   inline bool sanitize (SANITIZE_ARG_DEF) {
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
-    return SANITIZE2 (ligGlyph, component);
+    return SANITIZE (ligGlyph) && SANITIZE (component);
   }
 
   private: