diff --git a/src/kits/media/MediaWriter.cpp b/src/kits/media/MediaWriter.cpp
index 2d7d725ad6..1bb6dc8e54 100644
--- a/src/kits/media/MediaWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/media/MediaWriter.cpp
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 #include "PluginManager.h"
 
 
-// should be 0, to disable the chunk cache set it to 1
-#define DISABLE_CHUNK_CACHE 0
-
-
 MediaWriter::MediaWriter(BDataIO* target, const media_file_format& fileFormat)
 	:
 	fTarget(target),