diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MakefileCodeScanner.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MakefileCodeScanner.java
index 23cde9afea4..be65f3c08c3 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MakefileCodeScanner.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/internal/ui/text/makefile/MakefileCodeScanner.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.IRule;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.IToken;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.IWhitespaceDetector;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.IWordDetector;
-import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.MultiLineRule;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.Token;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.WhitespaceRule;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.WordRule;
@@ -66,11 +65,6 @@ public class MakefileCodeScanner extends AbstractMakefileCodeScanner {
 			}
 		}, defaultToken));
 
-		// Put before the the word rules
-		MultiLineRule defineRule = new MultiLineRule("define", "endef", macroDefToken); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-		defineRule.setColumnConstraint(0);
-		rules.add(defineRule);
-
 		rules.add(new MacroDefinitionRule(macroDefToken, Token.UNDEFINED));
 
 		// Add word rule for keywords, types, and constants.