diff --git a/src/util/logging.c b/src/util/logging.c
index 27bd74c7b8e803bf3f743452d49629619114414b..dd4384276ef1cec65b4fccd0f5769e4cccd7fbea 100644
--- a/src/util/logging.c
+++ b/src/util/logging.c
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
-#ifdef __UCLIBC__
-/* uclibc does not implement mkostemp GNU extention */
-# define mkostemp(x,y) mkstemp(x)
-#endif
-
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virLogSource)
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virLogSource, VIR_LOG_FROM_LAST,
               "file",