diff --git a/Objects/funcobject.c b/Objects/funcobject.c
index 76acf9865cb..971eb1cd0d6 100644
--- a/Objects/funcobject.c
+++ b/Objects/funcobject.c
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ PyFunction_SetClosure(PyObject *op, PyObject *closure)
 
 #define OFF(x) offsetof(PyFunctionObject, x)
 
-#define RR ()
-
 static PyMemberDef func_memberlist[] = {
         {"func_closure",  T_OBJECT,     OFF(func_closure),
 	 RESTRICTED|READONLY},
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 26149a7a6b9..470da60e321 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -704,8 +704,6 @@ default_3way_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
 		Py_uintptr_t)(w->ob_type)) ? -1 : 1;
 }
 
-#define CHECK_TYPES(o) PyType_HasFeature((o)->ob_type, Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES)
-
 /* Do a 3-way comparison, by hook or by crook.  Return:
    -2 for an exception (but see below);
    -1 if v <  w;
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 39b76332910..152b9421283 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -3804,9 +3804,6 @@ ext_do_call(PyObject *func, PyObject ***pp_stack, int flags, int na, int nk)
 	return result;
 }
 
-#define SLICE_ERROR_MSG \
-	"standard sequence type does not support step size other than one"
-
 /* Extract a slice index from a PyInt or PyLong, and store in *pi.
    Silently reduce values larger than INT_MAX to INT_MAX, and silently
    boost values less than -INT_MAX to 0.  Return 0 on error, 1 on success.
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 16328b53e7d..0d230d643a1 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ int Py_OptimizeFlag = 0;
 #define DUPLICATE_ARGUMENT \
 "duplicate argument '%s' in function definition"
 
-#define ILLEGAL_DYNAMIC_SCOPE \
-"%.100s: exec or 'import *' makes names ambiguous in nested scope"
-
 #define GLOBAL_AFTER_ASSIGN \
 "name '%.400s' is assigned to before global declaration"
 
@@ -845,8 +842,6 @@ dump(node *n, int pad, int depth)
 		dump(CHILD(n, i), pad + 1, depth);
 }
 
-#define DUMP(N) dump(N, 0, -1)
-
 static int
 com_init(struct compiling *c, const char *filename)
 {