diff --git a/src/base-typemaps.i b/src/base-typemaps.i
index 3904c53277..9b37f09e54 100644
--- a/src/base-typemaps.i
+++ b/src/base-typemaps.i
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ typedef int time_t;
 typedef unsigned int guint;
 typedef double gdouble;
 typedef float gfloat;
-typedef char * URLType;
 typedef void * gpointer;
 
 %typemap(newfree) gchar * "g_free($1);"