diff --git a/src/core/Macros.h b/src/core/Macros.h
index ac12f1b7e4994704be60f3fdf902785d689dc3af..5694e66f4f208d8f8badd48a516e996ad4fc3dcb 100644
--- a/src/core/Macros.h
+++ b/src/core/Macros.h
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@
 #  define WALBERLA_FORCE_INLINE(func) inline func
 #endif
 
-// pragma in macros (-> https://stackoverflow.com/a/3030312)
-
-#ifdef WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_MSVC
-#define WALBERLA_PRAGMA(x) __pragma(x)
-#else
-#define WALBERLA_PRAGMA(x) _Pragma(#x)
-#endif
-
 #ifndef WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_IBM
 #define WALBERLA_OVERRIDE
 #else