diff --git a/src/target/aarch64.c b/src/target/aarch64.c
index e647bba13..5e5d3fc7f 100644
--- a/src/target/aarch64.c
+++ b/src/target/aarch64.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 #include "armv8_cache.h"
 #include <helper/time_support.h>
 
-#define __unused __attribute((unused))
-
 enum restart_mode {
 	RESTART_LAZY,
 	RESTART_SYNC,
diff --git a/src/target/armv8.c b/src/target/armv8.c
index db7a8717b..df5e25102 100644
--- a/src/target/armv8.c
+++ b/src/target/armv8.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 #include "target.h"
 #include "target_type.h"
 
-#define __unused __attribute__((unused))
-
 static const char * const armv8_state_strings[] = {
 	"AArch32", "Thumb", "Jazelle", "ThumbEE", "AArch64",
 };
@@ -610,7 +608,7 @@ done:
 	/* (void) */ dpm->finish(dpm);
 }
 
-static __unused void armv8_show_fault_registers(struct target *target)
+static __attribute__((unused)) void armv8_show_fault_registers(struct target *target)
 {
 	struct armv8_common *armv8 = target_to_armv8(target);
 
@@ -647,7 +645,7 @@ static uint8_t armv8_pa_size(uint32_t ps)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static __unused int armv8_read_ttbcr32(struct target *target)
+static __attribute__((unused)) int armv8_read_ttbcr32(struct target *target)
 {
 	struct armv8_common *armv8 = target_to_armv8(target);
 	struct arm_dpm *dpm = armv8->arm.dpm;
@@ -686,7 +684,7 @@ done:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static __unused int armv8_read_ttbcr(struct target *target)
+static __attribute__((unused)) int armv8_read_ttbcr(struct target *target)
 {
 	struct armv8_common *armv8 = target_to_armv8(target);
 	struct arm_dpm *dpm = armv8->arm.dpm;