diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
index 204d170ce01c634604c392627072444813773e24..0663f028c3bf6b651351adb8ee45e19e37632b74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ static const char pp_configuration[] =
     "#define __extension__\n"
     "#define __context__\n"
     "#define __range__\n"
-    "#define __asm(a...)\n"
-    "#define __asm__(a...)\n"
     "#define   restrict\n"
     "#define __restrict\n"
     "#define __restrict__\n"