diff --git a/ghc/compiler/absCSyn/PprAbsC.lhs b/ghc/compiler/absCSyn/PprAbsC.lhs
index ab2aa34acde5671d53d2be0346a7ca3809ddec46..ed066f120115d32297b0a4f0a378925902b05542 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/absCSyn/PprAbsC.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/absCSyn/PprAbsC.lhs
@@ -1148,8 +1148,7 @@ ppr_amode (CJoinPoint _)
   = panic "ppr_amode: CJoinPoint"
 
 ppr_amode (CMacroExpr pk macro as)
-  = parens (pprPrimKind pk) <> 
-    parens (ptext (cExprMacroText macro) <> 
+  = parens (ptext (cExprMacroText macro) <> 
 	    parens (hcat (punctuate comma (map pprAmode as))))
 \end{code}