diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
index 9fb3dbb8a7ab..cd50fcec1a49 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
@@ -661,9 +661,6 @@ typedef enum {
 #define QDF_MAC_ADDR_BCAST_INIT { { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff } }
 #define QDF_MAC_ADDR_ZERO_INIT { { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } }
 
-/* backwards compatibility; use QDF_MAC_ADDR_STR instead */
-#define QDF_MAC_ADDRESS_STR QDF_MAC_ADDR_STR
-
 /**
  * struct qdf_mac_addr - A MAC address
  * @bytes: the raw address bytes array
diff --git a/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/src/wlan_objmgr_peer_obj.c b/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/src/wlan_objmgr_peer_obj.c
index f21215d7b33d..d52d74c1e6ad 100644
--- a/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/src/wlan_objmgr_peer_obj.c
+++ b/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/src/wlan_objmgr_peer_obj.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ QDF_STATUS wlan_objmgr_peer_try_get_ref(struct wlan_objmgr_peer *peer,
 		if (peer->peer_objmgr.print_cnt++ <=
 				WLAN_OBJMGR_RATELIMIT_THRESH)
 			obj_mgr_err(
-			"peer(" QDF_MAC_ADDRESS_STR ") not in Created st(%d)",
+			"peer(" QDF_MAC_ADDR_STR ") not in Created st(%d)",
 			QDF_MAC_ADDR_ARRAY(macaddr),
 				peer->obj_state);
 		return QDF_STATUS_E_RESOURCES;