diff --git a/ompi/mpi/cxx/constants.h b/ompi/mpi/cxx/constants.h
index 64b3df16d8..8c0593a8b6 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/cxx/constants.h
+++ b/ompi/mpi/cxx/constants.h
@@ -249,12 +249,6 @@ OMPI_DECLSPEC extern const int MODE_SEQUENTIAL;
 
 OMPI_DECLSPEC extern const int DISPLACEMENT_CURRENT;
 
-#if OMPI_PROVIDE_MPI_FILE_INTERFACE && !defined(OMPI_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK) && OMPI_WANT_MPI_CXX_SEEK
-OMPI_DECLSPEC extern const int SEEK_SET;
-OMPI_DECLSPEC extern const int SEEK_CUR;
-OMPI_DECLSPEC extern const int SEEK_END;
-#endif
-
 OMPI_DECLSPEC extern const int MAX_DATAREP_STRING;
 
 // one-sided constants