diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index 9cfc98d482..b21d963eb6 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ SANITY_CHECK = 1
 endif
 
 ifdef SANITY_CHECK
-CCOMMON_OPT	+= -DSANITY_CHECK -DREFNAME=$(*F)f$(BU)
+CCOMMON_OPT	+= -DSANITY_CHECK
 endif
 
 MAX_STACK_ALLOC ?= 2048
diff --git a/cmake/os.cmake b/cmake/os.cmake
index 2effbe0e5b..dfe198404d 100644
--- a/cmake/os.cmake
+++ b/cmake/os.cmake
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ if (UTEST_CHECK)
 endif ()
 
 if (SANITY_CHECK)
-  # TODO: need some way to get $(*F) (target filename)
-  set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -DSANITY_CHECK -DREFNAME=$(*F)f${BU}")
+  set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -DSANITY_CHECK")
 endif ()