diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 2ebb23578ad..7a389323909 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -564,11 +564,7 @@ termcapobj = terminfo.o
 #define LIBS_TERMCAP
 termcapobj = termcap.o tparam.o
 #else /* LIBS_TERMCAP */
-#  ifdef TERMCAP_OBJ
-termcapobj = TERMCAP_OBJ
-#  else
 termcapobj = tparam.o
-#  endif /* not TERMCAP_OBJ */
 #endif /* LIBS_TERMCAP */
 #endif /* ! defined (TERMINFO) */