diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygtls.h b/winsup/cygwin/cygtls.h
index 2a9f8f3fa..39dba1380 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygtls.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygtls.h
@@ -436,6 +436,4 @@ public:
      _cygtls::call_signal_handler. */
   ~wait_signal_arrived () { _my_tls.unwait_signal_arrived (); }
 };
-
-#define __getreent() (&_my_tls.local_clib)
 /*gentls_offsets*/
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
index 4414785ad..d9271fc4b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ pthread_mutex::no_owner()
     return res;
 }
 
-#undef __getreent
-extern "C" struct _reent *
-__getreent ()
-{
-  return &_my_tls.local_clib;
-}
-
 extern "C" void
 __cygwin_lock_init (_LOCK_T *lock)
 {