diff --git a/src/c/time.d b/src/c/time.d
index 52c0f33ab..c2c543a6e 100644
--- a/src/c/time.d
+++ b/src/c/time.d
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ init_unixtime(void)
 {
 	beginning = time(0);
 
-	make_si_special("*DEFAULT-TIME-ZONE*", MAKE_FIXNUM(TIME_ZONE));
 	make_constant("INTERNAL-TIME-UNITS-PER-SECOND", MAKE_FIXNUM(HZ));
 
 	Jan1st1970UT =
diff --git a/src/h/object.h b/src/h/object.h
index 73d0f06cf..e277add17 100644
--- a/src/h/object.h
+++ b/src/h/object.h
@@ -553,18 +553,6 @@ typedef enum {
 		 FALSE : x == Cnil ? TRUE : \
 		 (FEtype_error_list(x), FALSE))
 
-#define	endp(obje)	endp1(obje)
-
-#define	TIME_ZONE	(-1)
-
-#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-#define HIND 0
-#define LIND 1
-#else /* little endian */
-#define HIND 1  /* (int) of double where the exponent and most signif is */
-#define LIND 0  /* low part of a double */
-#endif /* WORDS_BIGENDIAN */
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif