diff --git a/libc/unistd/execv.cpp b/libc/unistd/execv.cpp
index 8e472c14..a9eec88d 100644
--- a/libc/unistd/execv.cpp
+++ b/libc/unistd/execv.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 *******************************************************************************/
 
-#define _WANT_ENVIRON
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 extern "C" int execv(const char* pathname, char* const* argv)
diff --git a/libc/unistd/execvp.cpp b/libc/unistd/execvp.cpp
index 6ff0c9c7..583ceaae 100644
--- a/libc/unistd/execvp.cpp
+++ b/libc/unistd/execvp.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 *******************************************************************************/
 
-#define _WANT_ENVIRON
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 extern "C" int execvp(const char* filename, char* const* argv)