diff --git a/tools/wrc/ppl.l b/tools/wrc/ppl.l
index 412d100c21d..67411dd5bb2 100644
--- a/tools/wrc/ppl.l
+++ b/tools/wrc/ppl.l
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ static void add_text_to_macro(char *text, int len)
 
 	if(mep->curargalloc - mep->curargsize <= len+1)	/* +1 for '\0' */
 	{
-		mep->curargalloc += MAX(ALLOCBLOCKSIZE, len+1);
+		mep->curargalloc += max(ALLOCBLOCKSIZE, len+1);
 		mep->curarg = xrealloc(mep->curarg, mep->curargalloc * sizeof(mep->curarg[0]));
 	}
 	memcpy(mep->curarg + mep->curargsize, text, len);
diff --git a/tools/wrc/wrc.h b/tools/wrc/wrc.h
index 0f539302fae..0468b9c46cd 100644
--- a/tools/wrc/wrc.h
+++ b/tools/wrc/wrc.h
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 #define WRC_VERSION		WRC_VERSIONIZE(WRC_MAJOR_VERSION, WRC_MINOR_VERSION, WRC_MICRO_VERSION)
 #define WRC_FULLVERSION 	WRC_VERSION " " WRC_RELEASEDATE
 
-#ifndef MAX
-#define MAX(a,b)	((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#endif
-
 /* From wrc.c */
 extern int debuglevel;
 #define DEBUGLEVEL_NONE		0x0000