diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 599d33cde8..aebc7b1c51 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ static void SetupCliArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
 /** libevent event log callback */
 static void libevent_log_cb(int severity, const char *msg)
 {
-#ifndef EVENT_LOG_ERR // EVENT_LOG_ERR was added in 2.0.19; but before then _EVENT_LOG_ERR existed.
-# define EVENT_LOG_ERR _EVENT_LOG_ERR
-#endif
     // Ignore everything other than errors
     if (severity >= EVENT_LOG_ERR) {
         throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("libevent error: %s", msg));
diff --git a/src/httpserver.cpp b/src/httpserver.cpp
index be0c3ed0a8..28e1289ce6 100644
--- a/src/httpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver.cpp
@@ -347,10 +347,6 @@ static void HTTPWorkQueueRun(WorkQueue<HTTPClosure>* queue, int worker_num)
 /** libevent event log callback */
 static void libevent_log_cb(int severity, const char *msg)
 {
-#ifndef EVENT_LOG_WARN
-// EVENT_LOG_WARN was added in 2.0.19; but before then _EVENT_LOG_WARN existed.
-# define EVENT_LOG_WARN _EVENT_LOG_WARN
-#endif
     if (severity >= EVENT_LOG_WARN) // Log warn messages and higher without debug category
         LogPrintf("libevent: %s\n", msg);
     // The below code causes log spam on Travis and the output of these logs has never been of any use so far