diff --git a/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.cpp b/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.cpp
index 5b1c1bc71..ab55ddc93 100644
--- a/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.cpp
+++ b/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ static void unserializeProp(VariableUnserializer *uns,
                             CStrRef context, CStrRef realKey,
                             int nProp) NEVER_INLINE;
 
-IMPLEMENT_SMART_ALLOCATION_HOT(Variant);
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // static strings
 
diff --git a/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.h b/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.h
index 68f7295a5..da4e31c5d 100644
--- a/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.h
+++ b/hphp/runtime/base/type_variant.h
@@ -726,11 +726,10 @@ class Variant : private TypedValue {
    */
   Variant share(bool save) const;
 
-  /**
-   * Memory allocator methods.
+  /*
+   * Print information about a variant to stdout.  For debugging
+   * purposes.
    */
-  DECLARE_SMART_ALLOCATION(Variant);
-
   void dump() const;
 
   /**