diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
index f5e6898..07381c3 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/configure/RELEASE
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ TEMPLATE_TOP=$(EPICS_BASE)/templates/makeBaseApp/top
 
 # EPICS_BASE usually appears last so other apps can override stuff:
 
-#PVDATA=/Users/msekoranja/tmp/pvDataCPP
-#EPICS_BASE=/opt/epics/base
+PVDATA=/Users/msekoranja/tmp/pvDataCPP
+EPICS_BASE=/opt/epics/base
 
-PVDATA=/home/mrk/hg/pvDataCPP
-EPICS_BASE=/home/install/epics/base
+#PVDATA=/home/mrk/hg/pvDataCPP
+#EPICS_BASE=/home/install/epics/base
 
 # Set RULES here if you want to take build rules from somewhere
 # other than EPICS_BASE:
diff --git a/pvAccessApp/client/pvAccess.h b/pvAccessApp/client/pvAccess.h
index b13e12e..640ac31 100644
--- a/pvAccessApp/client/pvAccess.h
+++ b/pvAccessApp/client/pvAccess.h
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ namespace epics { namespace pvAccess {
         class Channel;
         class ChannelProvider;
 
-#define POINTER_DEFINITIONS(clazz) \
-    typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<clazz> shared_pointer; \
-    typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<const clazz> const_shared_pointer; \
-    typedef std::tr1::weak_ptr<clazz> weak_pointer; \
-    typedef std::tr1::weak_ptr<const clazz> const_weak_pointer;
-    
     
         /**
          * Base interface for all channel requests.