diff --git a/src/lib/cc/torint.h b/src/lib/cc/torint.h
index e633722ba1..91db25833b 100644
--- a/src/lib/cc/torint.h
+++ b/src/lib/cc/torint.h
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ typedef int32_t ssize_t;
 #endif /* (SIZEOF_SIZE_T == 4) || ... */
 #endif /* !defined(SIZE_MAX) */
 
-#ifndef SHORT_MAX
-#define SHORT_MAX SHRT_MAX
-#endif
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #  ifdef _WIN64
 #    define TOR_PRIuSZ PRIu64
diff --git a/src/or/addressmap.c b/src/or/addressmap.c
index a0df5c9865..805d21ae7f 100644
--- a/src/or/addressmap.c
+++ b/src/or/addressmap.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ client_dns_incr_failures(const char *address)
     ent->expires = time(NULL) + MAX_DNS_ENTRY_AGE;
     strmap_set(addressmap,address,ent);
   }
-  if (ent->num_resolve_failures < SHORT_MAX)
+  if (ent->num_resolve_failures < SHRT_MAX)
     ++ent->num_resolve_failures; /* don't overflow */
   log_info(LD_APP, "Address %s now has %d resolve failures.",
            safe_str_client(address),
@@ -1153,4 +1153,3 @@ addressmap_get_mappings(smartlist_t *sl, time_t min_expires,
      iter = strmap_iter_next(addressmap,iter);
    }
 }
-