diff --git a/include/git2/transport.h b/include/git2/transport.h
index 4008615ab..2eeebd565 100644
--- a/include/git2/transport.h
+++ b/include/git2/transport.h
@@ -109,14 +109,12 @@ typedef enum {
 	 */
 	GIT_CREDTYPE_USERNAME = (1u << 5),
 
-#ifdef GIT_SSH_MEMORY_CREDENTIALS
 	/**
 	 * Credentials read from memory.
 	 *
 	 * Only available for libssh2+OpenSSL for now.
 	 */
 	GIT_CREDTYPE_SSH_MEMORY = (1u << 6),
-#endif
 } git_credtype_t;
 
 /* The base structure for all credential types */
diff --git a/src/transports/cred.c b/src/transports/cred.c
index c1f305d77..006cd2c52 100644
--- a/src/transports/cred.c
+++ b/src/transports/cred.c
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ const char *git_cred__username(git_cred *cred)
 		return c->username;
 	}
 	case GIT_CREDTYPE_SSH_KEY:
-#ifdef GIT_SSH_MEMORY_CREDENTIALS
 	case GIT_CREDTYPE_SSH_MEMORY:
-#endif
 	{
 		git_cred_ssh_key *c = (git_cred_ssh_key *) cred;
 		return c->username;