diff --git a/include/crm/common/xml_compat.h b/include/crm/common/xml_compat.h
index 62924e190e..54423eb3f6 100644
--- a/include/crm/common/xml_compat.h
+++ b/include/crm/common/xml_compat.h
@@ -1,72 +1,69 @@
 /*
  * 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 Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_COMMON_XML_COMPAT__H
 #define PCMK__CRM_COMMON_XML_COMPAT__H
 
 #include <glib.h>               // gboolean
 #include <libxml/tree.h>        // xmlNode
 
 #include <crm/common/nvpair.h>  // crm_xml_add()
 #include <crm/common/xml_names.h>   // PCMK_XE_CLONE
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker XML API
  * \ingroup core
  * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The XML APIs in this
  *             header, and the header itself, will be removed in a future
  *             release.
  */
 
-//! \deprecated Do not use (will be removed in a future release)
-#define XML_PARANOIA_CHECKS 0
-
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Use name member directly
 static inline const char *
 crm_element_name(const xmlNode *xml)
 {
     return (xml == NULL)? NULL : (const char *) xml->name;
 }
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Do not use Pacemaker for general-purpose XML manipulation
 xmlNode *copy_xml(xmlNode *src_node);
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Do not use
 gboolean cli_config_update(xmlNode **xml, int *best_version, gboolean to_logs);
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Call \c crm_log_init() or \c crm_log_cli_init() instead
 void crm_xml_init(void);
 
 //! \deprecated Exit with \c crm_exit() instead
 void crm_xml_cleanup(void);
 
 //! \deprecated Do not use Pacemaker for general-purpose XML manipulation
 void pcmk_free_xml_subtree(xmlNode *xml);
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Do not use Pacemaker for general-purpose XML manipulation
 void free_xml(xmlNode *child);
 
 //! \deprecated Do not use Pacemaker for general-purpose XML manipulation
 xmlNode *expand_idref(xmlNode *input, xmlNode *top);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif // PCMK__CRM_COMMON_XML_COMPAT__H