diff --git a/svl/CppunitTest_svl_qa_cppunit.mk b/svl/CppunitTest_svl_qa_cppunit.mk
index 0cee925f85df3d3359c161d4680c7c9f9cd46341..d364436eef2a832852dba9228f4f98cb3d4724f2 100644
--- a/svl/CppunitTest_svl_qa_cppunit.mk
+++ b/svl/CppunitTest_svl_qa_cppunit.mk
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_externals,svl_qa_cppunit, \
 	icu_headers \
 ))
 
-$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_defs,svl_qa_cppunit, \
-    -DENABLE_LIBNUMBERTEXT=$(if $(filter TRUE,$(ENABLE_LIBNUMBERTEXT)),1,0) \
-))
-
 $(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_exception_objects,svl_qa_cppunit, \
 	svl/qa/unit/svl \
 ))
diff --git a/svl/qa/unit/svl.cxx b/svl/qa/unit/svl.cxx
index b744e5a3bfbb57406f3b52730c7d69f996b3b248..c944200ae23e1b1060b5cb23f98a61433299c47d 100644
--- a/svl/qa/unit/svl.cxx
+++ b/svl/qa/unit/svl.cxx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <sal/types.h>
+#include <config_libnumbertext.h>
 #include <cppunit/TestAssert.h>
 #include <cppunit/TestFixture.h>
 #include <cppunit/extensions/HelperMacros.h>