diff --git a/Include/pyport.h b/Include/pyport.h
index d1acd8f..5efdf11 100644
--- a/Include/pyport.h
+++ b/Include/pyport.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 
 /* For backward compatibility only. Obsolete, do not use. */
-#define ANY void
 #ifdef HAVE_PROTOTYPES
 #define Py_PROTO(x) x
 #else
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fb92266..65ee65b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 C API
 
+- An old #define of ANY as void has been removed from pyport.h.  This
+  hasn't been used since Python's pre-ANSI days, and the #define has
+  been marked as obsolete since then.  SF bug 495548 says it created
+  conflicts with other packages, so keeping it around wasn't harmless.
+
 - Because Python's magic number scheme broke on January 1st, we decided
   to stop Python development.  Thanks for all the fish!