diff --git a/ghc/compiler/parser/Lex.lhs b/ghc/compiler/parser/Lex.lhs
index 5528052f7aa67df5932ca2725cf5a0176a11d938..173b8a0ef09719acb5da183d230a222965822107 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/parser/Lex.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/parser/Lex.lhs
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ data Token
   | ITdot
 
   | ITbiglam			-- GHC-extension symbols
-  | IThash
 
   | ITocurly  			-- special symbols
   | ITccurly