diff --git a/include/cutils/native_handle.h b/include/cutils/native_handle.h
index 89d6b65..268c5d3 100644
--- a/include/cutils/native_handle.h
+++ b/include/cutils/native_handle.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-typedef struct
+typedef struct native_handle
 {
     int version;        /* sizeof(native_handle_t) */
     int numFds;         /* number of file-descriptors at &data[0] */
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
     int data[0];        /* numFds + numInts ints */
 } native_handle_t;
 
-
-/* keep the old definition for backward source-compatibility */
-typedef native_handle_t native_handle;
-
 /*
  * native_handle_close
  *