diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index aa42691017..f3bca3af8c 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ proc newIdentNode*(i: NimIdent): NimNode {.compileTime, deprecated.} =
 
 {.pop.}
 
-proc newIdentNode*(i: string): NimNode {.magic: "StrToIdent", noSideEffect, compilerproc.}
+proc newIdentNode*(i: string): NimNode {.magic: "StrToIdent", noSideEffect.}
   ## Creates an identifier node from `i`. It is simply an alias for
   ## ``ident(string)``. Use that, it's shorter.