diff --git a/src/jsx_common.hrl b/src/jsx_common.hrl
index 5de36ca..242f94d 100644
--- a/src/jsx_common.hrl
+++ b/src/jsx_common.hrl
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@
 
 
 %% json specification
--type jsx_term() :: jsx_object() | jsx_array().
-
 -type jsx_array() :: [jsx_term()] | [].
 -type jsx_object() :: [{jsx_key(), jsx_term()}] | [{}].