diff --git a/include/mmsystem.h b/include/mmsystem.h
index 04349d75bddc8e5e5acf261e600aa8e7b6d1b71d..05798e6f8029a1c8f03be6508ff9fe86ecc37b37 100644
--- a/include/mmsystem.h
+++ b/include/mmsystem.h
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ typedef LRESULT (CALLBACK *DRIVERPROC)(DWORD,HDRVR,UINT,LPARAM,LPARAM);
 #define MAXERRORLENGTH   128    /* max error text length (including NULL) */
 #define MAX_JOYSTICKOEMVXDNAME	260
 
-typedef WORD    VERSION;        /* major (high byte), minor (low byte) */
-
 #ifndef _MCIERROR_
 #define _MCIERROR_
 typedef DWORD   MCIERROR;