diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg b/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
index 6fc6e40ea..a33421753 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ nocppval
 
 /* insert the SWIGVERSION in the interface and the wrapper code */
 #if SWIG_VERSION
-#define SWIGVERSION SWIG_VERSION
 %insert("header") {
   %define_as(SWIGVERSION,  SWIG_VERSION)
 }