diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 5e42d7b2..12a9eec2 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -410,11 +410,6 @@ NAMESPACE_END
 #define CRYPTOPP_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_AVAILABLE
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_X86ASM		// for backwards compatibility: this macro had both meanings
-#define CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_ASM
-#define CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE2
-#endif
-
 // Apple's Clang prior to 5.0 cannot handle SSE2 (and Apple does not use LLVM Clang numbering...)
 #if defined(CRYPTOPP_APPLE_CLANG_VERSION) && (CRYPTOPP_APPLE_CLANG_VERSION < 50000)
 # define CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_ASM