diff --git a/libImaging/TiffDecode.h b/libImaging/TiffDecode.h
index 3f8a6ed7d..4167acd89 100644
--- a/libImaging/TiffDecode.h
+++ b/libImaging/TiffDecode.h
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ extern int ImagingLibTiffSetField(ImagingCodecState state, ttag_t tag, ...);
    legacy, don't enable for python 3.x, unicode issues. 
 */
 
+/*
 #define VA_ARGS(...)	__VA_ARGS__
 #define TRACE(args)    fprintf(stderr, VA_ARGS args)
+*/
+
+#define TRACE(args)
 
 #endif