diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 940d2b7..2435c33 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ NEED_TREMOR = 1
 NEED_BLIP = 1
 NEED_CD = 1
 NEED_CRC32 = 1
-WANT_NEW_API = 1
 CORE_DEFINE := -DWANT_PCE_FAST_EMU -DWANT_STEREO_SOUND
 HAVE_CHD = 1
 HAVE_CDROM = 0
@@ -580,10 +579,6 @@ ifeq ($(FRONTEND_SUPPORTS_RGB565), 1)
 FLAGS += -DFRONTEND_SUPPORTS_RGB565
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(WANT_NEW_API), 1)
-FLAGS += -DWANT_NEW_API
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(HAVE_CDROM), 1)
    FLAGS += -DHAVE_CDROM
 ifeq ($(CDROM_DEBUG), 1)
@@ -632,7 +627,7 @@ ifeq ($(platform), emscripten)
 else ifeq ($(STATIC_LINKING), 1)
 	$(AR) rcs $@ $(OBJECTS)
 else
-	@$(LD) $(LINKOUT)$@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+	$(LD) $(LINKOUT)$@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 endif
 
 %.o: %.cpp
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index b3877a4..29905e3 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ ifeq ($(NEED_DEINTERLACER), 1)
 	FLAGS += -DNEED_DEINTERLACER
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(WANT_NEW_API), 1)
-	FLAGS += -DWANT_NEW_API
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(NO_COMPUTED_GOTO), 1)
 	FLAGS += -DNO_COMPUTED_GOTO
 endif
diff --git a/jni/Android.mk b/jni/Android.mk
index 8e7274a..5520358 100644
--- a/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/jni/Android.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ DEBUG                    := 0
 FRONTEND_SUPPORTS_RGB565 := 1
 NEED_CD                  := 1
 NEED_BPP                 := 16
-WANT_NEW_API             := 1
 NEED_BLIP                := 1
 NEED_STEREO_SOUND        := 1
 NEED_THREADING           := 1