diff --git a/avl.h b/avl.h
index 3a79e3a..2591de3 100644
--- a/avl.h
+++ b/avl.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct avl_node {
    * this must be the first element of an avl_node to
    * make casting for lists easier
    */
-  struct list_entity list;
+  struct list_head list;
 
   /**
    * Pointer to parent node in tree, NULL if root node
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct avl_tree {
    * Head of linked list node for supporting easy iteration
    * and multiple elments with the same key.
    */
-  struct list_entity list_head;
+  struct list_head list_head;
 
   /**
    * pointer to the root node of the avl tree, NULL if tree is empty
diff --git a/list_compat.h b/list_compat.h
index 119a9a0..bfa12c1 100644
--- a/list_compat.h
+++ b/list_compat.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #ifndef __LIST_COMPAT_H
 #define __LIST_COMPAT_H
 
-#define list_entity				list_head
-
 #define list_init_head(_list)			INIT_LIST_HEAD(_list)
 #define list_add_head(_head, _list)		list_add(_list, _head)
 #define list_add_after(_after, _list)		list_add(_list, _after)