--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvt.h	2010/12/21 12:20:20	1.425
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvt.h	2011/01/04 23:12:10	1.426
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
+// we assume that Xlib.h defines XPointer, and it does since at least 1994...
+
 extern "C" {
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
@@ -100,10 +102,6 @@
  *****************************************************************************
  */
 
-#ifndef HAVE_XPOINTER
-typedef char *XPointer;
-#endif
-
 #include <termios.h>
 
 #include "background.h"