diff --git a/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h b/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h
index 05040b1f5..dee7d1b58 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h
+++ b/src/unix/linux-syscalls.h
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@
 #define UV__IN_CLOEXEC        UV__O_CLOEXEC
 #define UV__IN_NONBLOCK       UV__O_NONBLOCK
 
-#define UV__SOCK_CLOEXEC      UV__O_CLOEXEC
-#if defined(SOCK_NONBLOCK)
-# define UV__SOCK_NONBLOCK    SOCK_NONBLOCK
-#else
-# define UV__SOCK_NONBLOCK    UV__O_NONBLOCK
-#endif
-
 /* inotify flags */
 #define UV__IN_ACCESS         0x001
 #define UV__IN_MODIFY         0x002
diff --git a/src/unix/process.c b/src/unix/process.c
index bb6b76c9f..055a2c7d6 100644
--- a/src/unix/process.c
+++ b/src/unix/process.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int uv__make_socketpair(int fds[2], int flags) {
   if (no_cloexec)
     goto skip;
 
-  if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | UV__SOCK_CLOEXEC | flags, 0, fds) == 0)
+  if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC | flags, 0, fds) == 0)
     return 0;
 
   /* Retry on EINVAL, it means SOCK_CLOEXEC is not supported.