diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.in b/legacy/ecore/configure.in
index 7bec0f8b74..0c4f1436c6 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.in
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(ecore-file,
 if test "x$want_ecore_file" = "xyes"; then
   ecore_file_libs="-lecore_file"
   have_ecore_file="yes"
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POLL, 1, [ File monitoring with polling ])
 fi
 
 if test "x$have_ecore_file" = "xyes"; then