diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
index c48fb28..734b63a 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
@@ -1779,10 +1779,6 @@ mdb_page_dirty(MDB_txn *txn, MDB_page *mp)
 static int
 mdb_page_alloc(MDB_cursor *mc, int num, MDB_page **mp)
 {
-/* use PARANOID for now, default infinite search slows down too much
- * when the freelist is large
- */
-#define MDB_PARANOID
 #ifdef MDB_PARANOID	/* Seems like we can ignore this now */
 	/* Get at most <Max_retries> more freeDB records once me_pghead
 	 * has enough pages.  If not enough, use new pages from the map.
@@ -1827,7 +1823,7 @@ mdb_page_alloc(MDB_cursor *mc, int num, MDB_page **mp)
 				if (mop[i-n2] == pgno+n2)
 					goto search_done;
 			} while (--i > n2);
-			if (Max_retries < INT_MAX && --retry < 0)
+			if (--retry < 0)
 				break;
 		}