diff --git a/src/mbedtls.c b/src/mbedtls.c
index 61fa3436..dde79221 100644
--- a/src/mbedtls.c
+++ b/src/mbedtls.c
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 
 #ifdef LIBSSH2_MBEDTLS /* compile only if we build with mbedtls */
 
+#if MBEDTLS_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x03000000
+/* !checksrc! disable LONGLINE 1 */
+#define MBEDTLS_PRIVATE(m) m
+#endif
+
 /*******************************************************************/
 /*
  * mbedTLS backend: Global context handles
diff --git a/src/mbedtls.h b/src/mbedtls.h
index d1be96ca..604efbb8 100644
--- a/src/mbedtls.h
+++ b/src/mbedtls.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
 #define mbedtls_cipher_info_get_key_bitlen(c) (c->key_bitlen)
 #define mbedtls_cipher_info_get_iv_size(c)    (c->iv_size)
 #define mbedtls_rsa_get_len(rsa)              (rsa->len)
-#define MBEDTLS_PRIVATE(m)                    m
 #endif
 
 /*******************************************************************/