diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magick.c b/libvips/foreign/magick.c
index 06bd157c..304809d7 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magick.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magick.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 #include "pforeign.h"
 #include "magick.h"
 
-#if defined(HAVE_MAGICK6) || defined(HAVE_MAGICK7)
-
 /* ImageMagick can't detect some formats, like ICO, by examining the contents --
  * ico.c simply does not have a recogniser.
  *
@@ -90,8 +88,6 @@ magick_sniff_file( ImageInfo *image_info, const char *filename )
 		magick_sniff_bytes( image_info, bytes, 256 );
 }
 
-#endif /*defined(HAVE_MAGICK6) || defined(HAVE_MAGICK7)*/
-
 #ifdef HAVE_MAGICK7
 
 Image *
@@ -751,4 +747,4 @@ magick_set_magick_profile( Image *image,
 	return( 0 );
 }
 
-#endif /*defined(HAVE_MAGICK6) || defined(HAVE_MAGICK7)*/
+#endif /*HAVE_MAGICK*/