diff --git a/unittest/mytap/tap.h b/unittest/mytap/tap.h
index 53023e83028..cc1d0926012 100644
--- a/unittest/mytap/tap.h
+++ b/unittest/mytap/tap.h
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef TAP_H
 #define TAP_H
 
-#ifndef __GNUC__
-#define __attribute__(F)
-#endif
+#include "my_global.h"
 
 /*
   @defgroup MyTAP MySQL support for performing unit tests according to TAP.