diff --git a/src/hb-blob.cc b/src/hb-blob.cc
index 2e72683c8..7eeb067aa 100644
--- a/src/hb-blob.cc
+++ b/src/hb-blob.cc
@@ -25,18 +25,6 @@
  * Red Hat Author(s): Behdad Esfahbod
  */
 
-
-/* https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/1308
- * http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Feature-Test-Macros.html
- * https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-dev/standardheaderfiles-453865.html
- */
-#if !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) && !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__NetBSD__)
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-macros"
-#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
-
 #include "hb.hh"
 #include "hb-blob.hh"