diff --git a/include/crm/common/logging_compat.h b/include/crm/common/logging_compat.h
index 8d18c43e47..344c639314 100644
--- a/include/crm/common/logging_compat.h
+++ b/include/crm/common/logging_compat.h
@@ -1,75 +1,72 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
  * or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_COMMON_LOGGING_COMPAT__H
 #define PCMK__CRM_COMMON_LOGGING_COMPAT__H
 
 #include <stdint.h>         // uint8_t
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker logging API
  * \ingroup core
  * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. Do not use Pacemaker
  *             libraries for general-purpose logging; libqb's logging API is a
  *             suitable replacement. The logging APIs in this header, and the
  *             header itself, will be removed in a future release.
  */
 
 //! \deprecated This enum will be removed in a future release
 enum xml_log_options {
     xml_log_option_filtered     = 0x0001,
     xml_log_option_formatted    = 0x0002,
     xml_log_option_text         = 0x0004,
     xml_log_option_full_fledged = 0x0008,
     xml_log_option_diff_plus    = 0x0010,
     xml_log_option_diff_minus   = 0x0020,
     xml_log_option_diff_short   = 0x0040,
     xml_log_option_diff_all     = 0x0100,
     xml_log_option_dirty_add    = 0x1000,
     xml_log_option_open         = 0x2000,
     xml_log_option_children     = 0x4000,
     xml_log_option_close        = 0x8000,
 };
 
 /*!
  * \brief Log a message using constant priority
  *
  * \param[in] level     Priority at which to log the message
  * \param[in] fmt       printf-style format string literal for message
  * \param[in] args      Any arguments needed by format string
  *
  * \deprecated Do not use Pacemaker for general-purpose logging
  * \note This is a macro, and \p level may be evaluated more than once.
  *       This does nothing when level is LOG_STDOUT.
  */
 #define do_crm_log_always(level, fmt, args...) do {                         \
         switch (level) {                                                    \
             case LOG_STDOUT: case LOG_NEVER:                                \
                 break;                                                      \
             default:                                                        \
                 qb_log((level), fmt , ##args);                              \
                 break;                                                      \
         }                                                                   \
     } while (0)
 
-//! \deprecated Do not use Pacemaker for general-purpose string handling
-#define crm_str(x) (const char *) ((x)? (x) : "<null>")
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif // PCMK__CRM_COMMON_LOGGING_COMPAT__H