diff --git a/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.c b/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.c
index ef123af6283334e929e599012fb92610a690123d..4228c1941fca4510458c4f9c18008d63bd429f3d 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.c
@@ -80,5 +80,3 @@ extern int set_oom_adj(int adj)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.h b/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.h
index 068aeec6cfff4a7d1eb360e6a2b66db4c390e76a..99aabf85f75c71d63f4e40e29a26cf1ec9104126 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.h
+++ b/src/slurmd/common/set_oomadj.h
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 #ifndef _SET_OOMADJ_H
 #define _SET_OOMADJ_H
 
-/* from linux/mm.h */
-#define OOM_DISABLE (-17)
-
 extern int set_oom_adj(int adj);
 
 #endif /* _SET_OOMADJ_H */