diff --git a/src/incremen.c b/src/incremen.c
index 9a2de466..2c2dee95 100644
--- a/src/incremen.c
+++ b/src/incremen.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 #include <hash.h>
 #include <quotearg.h>
 #include "common.h"
-#define obstack_chunk_alloc xmalloc
-#define obstack_chunk_free free
-#include <obstack.h>
 
 /* Incremental dump specialities.  */