diff --git a/main/db.c b/main/db.c
index 0f0147cd738ee3fe27ff0bec37adb10ced4167a9..50cba13d46e6ffd21cd76baa7769aedd2014936b 100644
--- a/main/db.c
+++ b/main/db.c
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #include "asterisk/manager.h"
 #include "db1-ast/include/db.h"
 
-#ifdef __CYGWIN__
-#define dbopen __dbopen
-#endif
-
 static DB *astdb;
 AST_MUTEX_DEFINE_STATIC(dblock);