diff --git a/include/limits.h b/include/limits.h
index a1de442117..88c70ccccc 100644
--- a/include/limits.h
+++ b/include/limits.h
@@ -287,14 +287,6 @@
 
 #define NZERO 20
 
-/* TMP_MAX
- *   Minimum number of unique pathnames generated by tmpnam(). Maximum
- *   number of times an application can call tmpnam() reliably. (LEGACY)
- *   Minimum Acceptable Value: 10000
- */
-
-#define TMP_MAX 10000
-
 /* Required for asynchronous I/O */
 
 #define AIO_LISTIO_MAX _POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX