diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.h b/src/util/strencodings.h
--- a/src/util/strencodings.h
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.h
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#define BEGIN(a) ((char *)&(a))
-#define END(a) ((char *)&((&(a))[1]))
-#define UBEGIN(a) ((uint8_t *)&(a))
-#define UEND(a) ((uint8_t *)&((&(a))[1]))
 #define ARRAYLEN(array) (sizeof(array) / sizeof((array)[0]))
 
 /** Used by SanitizeString() */