diff --git a/src/H5private.h b/src/H5private.h
index 87db6f8855..3399c28f2c 100644
--- a/src/H5private.h
+++ b/src/H5private.h
@@ -131,18 +131,6 @@
 #define VC_EXTRALEAN		/*Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers */
 #include <windows.h>
 
-/*
-inline is now in C but in the C99 standard and not the old C89 version so
-MS doesn't recognize it yet (as of April 2001)
-*/
-/*
-#if defined(__MWERKS__) || defined(__cplusplus)
-# define H5_inline   inline
-# else
-# define H5_inline 
-#endif
-*/
-
 #endif /*WIN32*/
 
 /* H5_inline */