diff --git a/lisp/ob-ditaa.el b/lisp/ob-ditaa.el
index c6ce5012a..1a8a8e0b3 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-ditaa.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-ditaa.el
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
   '((:results . "file") (:exports . "results"))
   "Default arguments for evaluating a ditaa source block.")
 
-(defun org-babel-expand-body:ditaa (body params)
-  "Expand BODY according to PARAMS, return the expanded body." body)
-
 (defvar org-ditaa-jar-path)
 (defun org-babel-execute:ditaa (body params)
   "Execute a block of Ditaa code with org-babel.