diff --git a/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 87935bd5e2ba..6c806ce96ac1 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 
 #define elf_addr_to_cpu	elf64_to_cpu
 
-#ifndef Elf_Rel
-#define Elf_Rel		Elf64_Rel
-#endif /* Elf_Rel */
-
 static inline bool elf_is_elf_file(const struct elfhdr *ehdr)
 {
 	return memcmp(ehdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) == 0;