diff --git a/libguile/foreign.h b/libguile/foreign.h
index 9cd895976..0f5b2fef5 100644
--- a/libguile/foreign.h
+++ b/libguile/foreign.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ typedef void (*scm_t_pointer_finalizer) (void *);
 #define SCM_POINTER_VALUE(x)			\
   ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))
 
-#define SCM_IMMUTABLE_POINTER(c_name, ptr)		\
-  SCM_IMMUTABLE_CELL (c_name, scm_tc7_pointer, ptr)
-
 SCM_API void *scm_to_pointer (SCM pointer);
 SCM_API SCM scm_from_pointer (void *, scm_t_pointer_finalizer);