diff --git a/cmd/mem.c b/cmd/mem.c
index 190e2b94a7d..9df5eb068a7 100644
--- a/cmd/mem.c
+++ b/cmd/mem.c
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH 0
-#endif
-
 /* Create a compile-time value */
 #ifdef MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA
 #define SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA 1