diff --git a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c
index aaefef01ca..9d78887bed 100644
--- a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c
+++ b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_DEFINE(nm_dhcp_state_to_string,
                            NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM(NM_DHCP_STATE_NOOP, "noop"),
                            NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM(NM_DHCP_STATE_TERMINATED, "terminated"),
                            NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM(NM_DHCP_STATE_TIMEOUT, "timeout"),
-                           NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM(NM_DHCP_STATE_UNKNOWN, "unknown"),
-                           NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_ITEM_IGNORE(__NM_DHCP_STATE_MAX), );
+                           NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM(NM_DHCP_STATE_UNKNOWN, "unknown"), );
 
 static NMDhcpState
 reason_to_state(NMDhcpClient *self, const char *iface, const char *reason)
diff --git a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h
index 601225ecd6..525bd1b655 100644
--- a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h
+++ b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ typedef enum {
     NM_DHCP_STATE_FAIL,       /* failed for some reason */
     NM_DHCP_STATE_TERMINATED, /* client is no longer running */
     NM_DHCP_STATE_NOOP,       /* state is a non operation for NetworkManager */
-    __NM_DHCP_STATE_MAX,
-    NM_DHCP_STATE_MAX = __NM_DHCP_STATE_MAX - 1,
 } NMDhcpState;
 
 const char *nm_dhcp_state_to_string(NMDhcpState state);