diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
index 947df7eeca87..244f1aaecad2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 #ifndef __LIBCFS_LIBCFS_H__
 #define __LIBCFS_LIBCFS_H__
 
-#if !__GNUC__
-#define __attribute__(x)
-#endif
-
 #include "linux/libcfs.h"
 #include <linux/gfp.h>