diff --git a/src/liblzma/common/index.h b/src/liblzma/common/index.h
index 6fe4a52c..007e1188 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/common/index.h
+++ b/src/liblzma/common/index.h
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
 /// Maximum Unpadded Size
 #define UNPADDED_SIZE_MAX (LZMA_VLI_MAX & ~LZMA_VLI_C(3))
 
-/// Maximum number of Records if all sizes fit in one byte:
-/// Index Indicator (1) + Number of Records (5) + List of Records + CRC32 (4)
-/// Larger value isn't possible because then the Index would grow larger than
-/// what Backward Size in Stream Footer can encode (2^34 bytes).
-#define INDEX_RECORDS_MAX ((LZMA_BACKWARD_SIZE_MAX - 1 - 5 - 4) / 2)
-
 /// Index Indicator based on xz specification
 #define INDEX_INDICATOR 0