diff --git a/usr.bin/calendar/events.c b/usr.bin/calendar/events.c
index 1dee2fd74771..1df2357fb959 100644
--- a/usr.bin/calendar/events.c
+++ b/usr.bin/calendar/events.c
@@ -202,13 +202,9 @@ event_print_all(FILE *fp)
 	struct event *e;
 	struct tm tm;
 	char dbuf[80];
-#ifdef WITH_ICONV
 	static int d_first;
 
 	d_first = (*nl_langinfo(D_MD_ORDER) == 'd');
-#else
-#define	d_first	0
-#endif
 
 	while (walkthrough_dates(&e) != 0) {
 		if (e) {