diff --git a/ice-9/safe-r5rs.scm b/ice-9/safe-r5rs.scm
index f5bf800d5..87d958687 100644
--- a/ice-9/safe-r5rs.scm
+++ b/ice-9/safe-r5rs.scm
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@
 	;;transcript-off
 	)
 
-(define eval eval-in-module)
-
 (define null-interface (make-module 31))
 (set-module-kind! null-interface 'interface)