diff --git a/src/node_http_parser.cc b/src/node_http_parser.cc
index d1a130d7ee..4a0dd580a4 100644
--- a/src/node_http_parser.cc
+++ b/src/node_http_parser.cc
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>  // free()
 #include <string.h>  // strdup()
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define strcasecmp _stricmp
-#else
-#include <strings.h>  // strcasecmp()
-#endif
-
 // This is a binding to http_parser (https://github.com/joyent/http-parser)
 // The goal is to decouple sockets from parsing for more javascript-level
 // agility. A Buffer is read from a socket and passed to parser.execute().