diff --git a/include/n2n_define.h b/include/n2n_define.h
index b9933bd..a0a684a 100644
--- a/include/n2n_define.h
+++ b/include/n2n_define.h
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
 #define TIME_STAMP_JITTER	0x0000000027100000LL /* we allow a packet to arrive 160 ms (== 0x27100 us) before another 
                                                       * set to 0x0000000000000000LL if increasing (or equal) time stamps allowed only */
 
-/* parameter for random number generation */
-#define RND_RETRIES     1000 /* syscall and inquiring random number from hardware generators might fail, so we will retry */
-
 /* N2N compression indicators. */
 /* Compression is disabled by default for outgoing packets if no cli
  * option is given. All edges are built with decompression support so