diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 587230359d08ff7e873d0be49aa623ed68284e2c..17e4b40ccb05a4add0b806f6e17814a57b3a7c16 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
  */
 #define MAX_LOCAL	256
 
-/*
- * Define the size of the shared string hash table.
- */
-#define	HTABLE_SIZE 9997
-
 /*
  * Define the size of the cache that is used for method lookup.
  */