diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_nodefuncs.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_nodefuncs.c
index 0b03926f8..076e8ce6a 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_nodefuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_nodefuncs.c
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ static const char *CitusNodeTagNamesD[] = {
 
 const char **CitusNodeTagNames = CitusNodeTagNamesD;
 
-/* support for CitusNewNode() macro */
-CitusNode *newCitusNodeMacroHolder;
-
 /* exports for SQL callable functions */
 PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(citus_extradata_container);