diff --git a/curspriv.h b/curspriv.h
index eda22dd7..613a8f1a 100644
--- a/curspriv.h
+++ b/curspriv.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the file maintain.er for details of the current maintainer.	*
  ************************************************************************/
 
-/* $Id: curspriv.h,v 1.124 2006/10/09 04:51:40 wmcbrine Exp $ */
+/* $Id: curspriv.h,v 1.125 2006/10/11 06:21:20 wmcbrine Exp $ */
 
 /*                         CURSPRIV.H
 
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ void PDC_debug(const char *, ...);
 # define RCSID(x)
 #endif
 
-#define PDC_COLORS		8
-
 /* Internal macros for attributes */
 #ifdef CHTYPE_LONG
 # define PDC_COLOR_PAIRS	64
diff --git a/pdcurses/color.c b/pdcurses/color.c
index 10f991b9..04298c36 100644
--- a/pdcurses/color.c
+++ b/pdcurses/color.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-RCSID("$Id: color.c,v 1.63 2006/10/08 20:54:30 wmcbrine Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: color.c,v 1.64 2006/10/11 06:21:21 wmcbrine Exp $");
 
 /*man-start**************************************************************
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ RCSID("$Id: color.c,v 1.63 2006/10/08 20:54:30 wmcbrine Exp $");
 
 **man-end****************************************************************/
 
-int COLORS = PDC_COLORS;
+int COLORS = 8;
 int COLOR_PAIRS = PDC_COLOR_PAIRS;
 
 static bool colorstarted = FALSE;