diff --git a/commands/backup/backup.c b/commands/backup/backup.c
index 5d0127a5c..3c0783dbf 100644
--- a/commands/backup/backup.c
+++ b/commands/backup/backup.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 
-#define NAME_SIZE _DIRENT_NAME_LEN
+#define NAME_SIZE NAME_MAX
 
 #undef NARROW			/* Width of verbose output */
 #define COPY_SIZE 4096
diff --git a/commands/compress/compress.c b/commands/compress/compress.c
index 8bab386bf..d2d73b731 100644
--- a/commands/compress/compress.c
+++ b/commands/compress/compress.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ char **argv;
 					cp++;
 				else
 					cp = ofname;
-				if (strlen(cp) >= _DIRENT_NAME_LEN-3) 
+				if (strlen(cp) >= NAME_MAX-3) 
 				{
 				    fprintf(stderr,"%s: filename too long to tack on .Z\n",cp);
 				    continue;
diff --git a/include/minix/dirent.h b/include/minix/dirent.h
index 03b222efe..44ff02ffb 100644
--- a/include/minix/dirent.h
+++ b/include/minix/dirent.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ typedef struct {
 						 */
 } DIR;
 
-#define _DIRENT_NAME_LEN 61
-
 struct dirent {		/* Largest entry (8 slots) */
 	ino_t		d_ino;		/* I-node number */
 	off_t 		d_off;		/* Offset in directory */
diff --git a/nbsd_include/sys/dirent.h b/nbsd_include/sys/dirent.h
index 49db5d70f..4fd459a3e 100644
--- a/nbsd_include/sys/dirent.h
+++ b/nbsd_include/sys/dirent.h
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ struct dirent {		/* Largest entry (8 slots) */
 #define	d_fileno	d_ino
 #endif
 
-#define _DIRENT_NAME_LEN 61 /* Backward compatibility with Minix. */
-#if defined(_NETBSD_SOURCE)
-#define	MAXNAMLEN	_DIRENT_NAME_LEN
-#endif
-
 
 /*
  * The _DIRENT_ALIGN macro returns the alignment of struct dirent.  It