diff --git a/docs/tutorial_bcc_python_developer.md b/docs/tutorial_bcc_python_developer.md
index f1f7a7aed50f..645c2ba9c8fb 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial_bcc_python_developer.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial_bcc_python_developer.md
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ prog = """
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
 // define output data structure in C
-#define MSG_MAX 32
 struct data_t {
     u32 pid;
     u64 ts;
@@ -283,7 +282,6 @@ b.attach_kprobe(event="sys_clone", fn_name="hello")
 
 # define output data structure in Python
 TASK_COMM_LEN = 16    # linux/sched.h
-MSG_MAX = 32
 class Data(ct.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("pid", ct.c_ulonglong),
                 ("ts", ct.c_ulonglong),
diff --git a/examples/tracing/hello_perf_output.py b/examples/tracing/hello_perf_output.py
index faffd21a8276..78f94e6ac491 100755
--- a/examples/tracing/hello_perf_output.py
+++ b/examples/tracing/hello_perf_output.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
 // define output data structure in C
-#define MSG_MAX 32
 struct data_t {
     u32 pid;
     u64 ts;
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
 
 # define output data structure in Python
 TASK_COMM_LEN = 16    # linux/sched.h
-MSG_MAX = 32
 class Data(ct.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("pid", ct.c_ulonglong),
                 ("ts", ct.c_ulonglong),