diff --git a/ciolib/CMakeLists.txt b/ciolib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1de542476abc902a989852038ebcf955cef685ef..4ce674537881fc3d150e987003d6944c9723da13 100644
--- a/ciolib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ciolib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
 	if(CURSES_FOUND)
 		list(APPEND SOURCE curs_cio.c)
 		set(USE_CURSES_ANYWAY TRUE)
-		if (CURSES_HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H)
-			target_compile_definitions(ciolib DEBIAN_HATES_YOU)
-		elseif(CURSES_HAVE_NCURSES_H)
-			target_compile_definitions(ciolib N_CURSES_LIB)
-		endif()
 	else()
 		if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "(Free|Open|Net)BSD")
 			list(APPEND SOURCE curs_cio.c)