diff --git a/include/tga.h b/include/tga.h
index 5f55d0c..3e7f377 100644
--- a/include/tga.h
+++ b/include/tga.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #ifndef __GNUC__
 # if defined (__BORLANDC__) || defined (_MSC_VER)
-#  define __attribute__(x)
 #  if (defined(__BORLANDC__) && (__BORLANDC__ < 0x550))
 #   pragma option -a1
 #  else