diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
index 5e90a95ad60b5208d22cac6c0722fd1494af3e8a..056008db13775ccf235b6b2b3822f66efe9fb825 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/reiserfs_xattr.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-#define XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX "security."
-
 static int
 security_get(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
index 024a938ca60f1a77238703f648f78733f64f8df4..60abe2bb1f980bbb11de6d2b161ea16946bc595a 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/reiserfs_xattr.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-#define XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX "trusted."
-
 static int
 trusted_get(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
index 073f39364b1136dcd9cbb808f5820b3e5581ff58..1384efcb938e078d882587ee9e84e1de10090bb2 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 # include <linux/reiserfs_acl.h>
 #endif
 
-#define XATTR_USER_PREFIX "user."
-
 static int
 user_get(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {