diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
index 7df4a26f32..0dc3917c85 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 #endif
 #include "apr_version.h"
 
-#if (APR_MAJOR_VERSION < 1)
-#undef apr_socket_create
-#define apr_socket_create apr_socket_create_ex
-#endif
-
 #define AUTODETECT_PWD
 /* Automatic timestamping (Last-Modified header) based on MDTM is used if:
  * 1) the FTP server supports the MDTM command and
diff --git a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
index 73567c2281..1cc275e18c 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>         /* for getpid() */
 #endif
 
-#if (APR_MAJOR_VERSION < 1)
-#undef apr_socket_create
-#define apr_socket_create apr_socket_create_ex
-#endif
-
 #if APR_HAVE_SYS_UN_H
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #endif