diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index acfa1738663..6fe484122a4 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -170,15 +170,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, sockets_in_use);
  * divide and look after the messy bits.
  */
 
-#define MAX_SOCK_ADDR	128		/* 108 for Unix domain -
-					   16 for IP, 16 for IPX,
-					   24 for IPv6,
-					   about 80 for AX.25
-					   must be at least one bigger than
-					   the AF_UNIX size (see net/unix/af_unix.c
-					   :unix_mkname()).
-					 */
-
 /**
  *	move_addr_to_kernel	-	copy a socket address into kernel space
  *	@uaddr: Address in user space