diff --git a/src/common/common.h b/src/common/common.h
index 95734aa9e..b15e244a3 100644
--- a/src/common/common.h
+++ b/src/common/common.h
@@ -85,18 +85,6 @@ extern "C" {
         }                                                                             \
     } while (0)
 
-/**
- * Macro for terminating the program if a given pointer is NULL.
- * @param ptr The pointer to check.
- * @param msg The error message to display if the pointer is NULL.
- */
-#define LIBOQS_die(ptr, msg) do { \
-    if (!(ptr)) { \
-       fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg); \
-       abort(); \
-    } \
-} while (0)
-
 /**
  * This macro is intended to replace those assert()s
  * involving side-effecting statements in aes/aes_ossl.c.