diff --git a/include/core/file.h b/include/core/file.h
index 2aa61051..5c3c50eb 100644
--- a/include/core/file.h
+++ b/include/core/file.h
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ struct cache_file {
 	gchar	*cf_subdir; /* The cache file's subdirectory. */
 };
 
-#define CACHE_FILE_INIT(cfsubdir, cfname)	\
-	{					\
-		.cf_file   = NULL,		\
-		.cf_subdir = cfsubdir,		\
-		.cf_name   = cfname,		\
-	}
-
 /* Initialize a new file object. */
 void file_init(struct file *, const gchar *, unsigned int);
 void cache_file_init(struct cache_file *, gchar *, gchar *);
diff --git a/tests/core/file.c b/tests/core/file.c
index 7f653096..e9b13080 100644
--- a/tests/core/file.c
+++ b/tests/core/file.c
@@ -171,9 +171,11 @@ static void test_versioning_new()
 
 static void test_cache()
 {
-	struct cache_file file = CACHE_FILE_INIT("dir", "file.txt");
-	struct cache_file copy = CACHE_FILE_INIT("dir", "copy.txt");
 	gchar *basepath, *filepath, *writepath;
+	struct cache_file file, copy;
+
+	cache_file_init(&file, "dir", "file.txt");
+	cache_file_init(&copy, "dir", "copy.txt");
 
 	basepath  = g_strjoin("/", g_get_user_cache_dir(), OCARINA_NAME, NULL);
 	filepath  = g_strjoin("/", basepath, "dir", "file.txt", NULL);