diff --git a/src/include/config.h b/src/include/config.h
index 1694b7f7..d10fd60e 100644
--- a/src/include/config.h
+++ b/src/include/config.h
@@ -59,18 +59,12 @@ typedef uint64_t jobid_t;
 
 #define SEQUENCE_HIGH_SHIFT (N_ARRAY_IDX_BITS)
 
-#define N_MAX_FIELDS_JOBID (5)
-
 #define UMAX_BITS(w) ((((uint64_t)0x01) << ((int)w)) - 1)
 
 #define MAX_CLUSTER_ID   (UMAX_BITS(N_CLUSTER_ID_BITS))
 #define MAX_APISERVER_ID (UMAX_BITS(N_APISERVER_ID_BITS))
 #define MAX_ARRAY_IDX    (UMAX_BITS(N_ARRAY_IDX_BITS))
 
-#define REGEX_JOBID "[ \t]*([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)[ \t]*"
-#define REGEX_JOBARRAY_ID                                                      \
-    "[ \t]*([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\\[([0-9]+)\\][ \t]*"
-
 /* ======================================================
  * Persistence & HA system constants (Part 2.6, Appendix A.10)
  * ====================================================== */