diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bfa9c6799..367d8ee79 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -838,7 +838,6 @@ endif
 USE_LIBPCI := $(if $(call filter_deps,$(DEPENDS_ON_LIBPCI)),yes,no)
 ifeq ($(USE_LIBPCI), yes)
 PROGRAMMER_OBJS += pcidev.o
-FEATURE_FLAGS += -D'NEED_PCI=1'
 override CFLAGS  += $(CONFIG_LIBPCI_CFLAGS)
 override LDFLAGS += $(CONFIG_LIBPCI_LDFLAGS)
 endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5a6bc2ad7..f8ca1d3d0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ endif
 if get_option('pciutils')
   srcs += 'pcidev.c'
   deps += dependency('libpci')
-  cargs += '-DNEED_PCI=1'
 elif need_libpci
   error('pciutils is disabled but one or more enabled programmer requires PCI access')
 endif
diff --git a/programmer.h b/programmer.h
index 47d2dc31b..86e45f76c 100644
--- a/programmer.h
+++ b/programmer.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ struct bitbang_spi_master {
 	unsigned int half_period;
 };
 
-#if NEED_PCI == 1
 struct pci_dev;
 struct pci_filter;
 
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ struct pci_dev *pcidev_find(uint16_t vendor, uint16_t device);
 int rpci_write_byte(struct pci_dev *dev, int reg, uint8_t data);
 int rpci_write_word(struct pci_dev *dev, int reg, uint16_t data);
 int rpci_write_long(struct pci_dev *dev, int reg, uint32_t data);
-#endif
 
 #if CONFIG_INTERNAL == 1
 struct penable {