diff --git a/_imagingft.c b/_imagingft.c
index d8f6d6338..8ec7fd471 100644
--- a/_imagingft.c
+++ b/_imagingft.c
@@ -21,20 +21,8 @@
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "Imaging.h"
 
-#if !defined(USE_FREETYPE_2_0)
-/* undef/comment out to use freetype 2.0 */
-#define USE_FREETYPE_2_1
-#endif
-
-#if defined(USE_FREETYPE_2_1)
-/* freetype 2.1 and newer */
 #include <ft2build.h>
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
-#else
-/* freetype 2.0 */
-#include <freetype/freetype.h>
-#endif
-
 #include FT_GLYPH_H
 
 #define KEEP_PY_UNICODE
@@ -59,11 +47,7 @@ struct {
     const char* message;
 } ft_errors[] =
 
-#if defined(USE_FREETYPE_2_1)
 #include FT_ERRORS_H
-#else
-#include <freetype/fterrors.h>
-#endif
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* font objects */
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 216322ec2..35308fce9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -453,9 +453,6 @@ class pil_build_ext(build_ext):
                     if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dir, "ft2build.h")):
                         freetype_version = 21
                         break
-                    if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir, "freetype")):
-                        freetype_version = 20
-                        break
                 if freetype_version:
                     feature.freetype = "freetype"
                     feature.freetype_version = freetype_version
@@ -543,12 +540,8 @@ class pil_build_ext(build_ext):
         # additional libraries
 
         if feature.freetype:
-            defs = []
-            if feature.freetype_version == 20:
-                defs.append(("USE_FREETYPE_2_0", None))
             exts.append(Extension(
-                "PIL._imagingft", ["_imagingft.c"], libraries=["freetype"],
-                define_macros=defs))
+                "PIL._imagingft", ["_imagingft.c"], libraries=["freetype"]))
 
         if os.path.isfile("_imagingtiff.c") and feature.tiff:
             exts.append(Extension(