diff --git a/src/rebar.hrl b/src/rebar.hrl
index 12629fc4..73a2c20f 100644
--- a/src/rebar.hrl
+++ b/src/rebar.hrl
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 -define(CONFIG_VERSION, "1.2.0").
 -define(SUPPORTED_CONFIG_VERSIONS, ["1.1.0", "1.2.0"]). % older were untagged
 -define(DEFAULT_CDN, "https://repo.hex.pm").
--define(REMOTE_PACKAGE_DIR, "tarballs").
 -define(LOCK_FILE, "rebar.lock").
 -define(DEFAULT_COMPILER_SOURCE_FORMAT, relative).
 -define(PACKAGE_INDEX_VERSION, 6).
diff --git a/src/rebar_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_compiler.erl
index d7081b00..c16313e1 100644
--- a/src/rebar_compiler.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_compiler.erl
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 
 -optional_callbacks([dependencies/4, compile_and_track/4]).
 
--define(RE_PREFIX, "^(?!\\._)").
-
-
 %% @doc analysis by the caller, in order to let an OTP app
 %% find and resolve all its dependencies as part of compile_all's new
 %% API, which presumes a partial analysis is done ahead of time