diff --git a/lib/sendf.h b/lib/sendf.h
index 2c6db90b4..f8808f662 100644
--- a/lib/sendf.h
+++ b/lib/sendf.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ void Curl_failf(struct SessionHandle *, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #if defined(CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS)
 
-#if defined(HAVE_CONFIG_H) || \
-    defined(HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS_C99) || defined(HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS_GCC)
-
 #if defined(HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS_C99)
 #define infof(...)  do { } while (0)
 #elif defined(HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS_GCC)
@@ -43,18 +40,6 @@ void Curl_failf(struct SessionHandle *, const char *fmt, ...);
 #define infof (void)
 #endif
 
-#else
-
-#if defined(__STDC__) && defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
-#define infof(...)  do { } while (0)
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#define infof(x...)  do { } while (0)
-#else
-#define infof (void)
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
 #else /* CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS */
 
 #define infof Curl_infof