diff --git a/source/plutovg-canvas.c b/source/plutovg-canvas.c
index 4d8024f..378e9c8 100644
--- a/source/plutovg-canvas.c
+++ b/source/plutovg-canvas.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void plutovg_stroke_data_copy(plutovg_stroke_data_t* stroke, const plutov
 
 static plutovg_paint_t* plutovg_paint_default(void)
 {
-    static PLUTOVG_THREAD_LOCAL plutovg_solid_paint_t paint = {
+    static plutovg_solid_paint_t paint = {
         {1, PLUTOVG_PAINT_TYPE_COLOR},
         {0.f, 0.f, 0.f, 1.f}
     };
diff --git a/source/plutovg-paint.c b/source/plutovg-paint.c
index 930b152..de16e6c 100644
--- a/source/plutovg-paint.c
+++ b/source/plutovg-paint.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int plutovg_color_parse(plutovg_color_t* color, const char* data, int length)
     return it - data;
 }
 
-static PLUTOVG_THREAD_LOCAL plutovg_paint_t* freed_paint[3];
+static plutovg_paint_t* freed_paint[3];
 
 static void* plutovg_paint_create(plutovg_paint_type_t type, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/source/plutovg-utils.h b/source/plutovg-utils.h
index 17d94a2..15e3a1e 100644
--- a/source/plutovg-utils.h
+++ b/source/plutovg-utils.h
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@
 #include <float.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
-#if defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L
-#define PLUTOVG_THREAD_LOCAL _Thread_local
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define PLUTOVG_THREAD_LOCAL __declspec(thread)
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#define PLUTOVG_THREAD_LOCAL __thread
-#else
-#define PLUTOVG_THREAD_LOCAL
-#endif
-
 #define plutovg_min(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #define plutovg_max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #define plutovg_clamp(v, lo, hi) ((v) < (lo) ? (lo) : (hi) < (v) ? (hi) : (v))