diff --git a/src/emu/sound/wave.c b/src/emu/sound/wave.c
index 9b30e5e0724..c2716c22d3b 100644
--- a/src/emu/sound/wave.c
+++ b/src/emu/sound/wave.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void *wave_start(const char *tag, int sndindex, int clock, const void *co
 
 #ifdef MESS
 	image = device_list_find_by_tag( Machine->config->devicelist, CASSETTE, tag );
-#endif MESS
+#endif
 	stream_create(0, 1, Machine->sample_rate, (void *)image, wave_sound_update);
 	return (void *) (FPTR)(sndindex | WAVE_TOKEN_MASK);
 }