diff --git a/build/Jamfile.v2 b/build/Jamfile.v2
index 8d5affcae..2e74591a6 100644
--- a/build/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/build/Jamfile.v2
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ lib boost_serialization
     <toolset>clang:<cxxflags>"-ftemplate-depth-255"
     <toolset>darwin:<cxxflags>"-ftemplate-depth-255"
     <link>shared:<define>BOOST_SERIALIZATION_DYN_LINK=1
+    <define>BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
     ;
 
 lib boost_wserialization 
diff --git a/src/basic_iarchive.cpp b/src/basic_iarchive.cpp
index 841fefdd5..932716661 100644
--- a/src/basic_iarchive.cpp
+++ b/src/basic_iarchive.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ namespace std{
 #include <boost/integer_traits.hpp>
 
 #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_SOURCE
-// include this to prevent linker errors when the
-// same modules are marked export and import.
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/serialization/state_saver.hpp>
diff --git a/src/basic_oarchive.cpp b/src/basic_oarchive.cpp
index 538be310a..c6be54903 100644
--- a/src/basic_oarchive.cpp
+++ b/src/basic_oarchive.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 // including this here to work around an ICC in intel 7.0
 // normally this would be part of basic_oarchive.hpp below.
 #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_SOURCE
-// include this to prevent linker errors when the
-// same modules are marked export and import.
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/state_saver.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/throw_exception.hpp>
diff --git a/src/basic_serializer_map.cpp b/src/basic_serializer_map.cpp
index 5b7910772..3205c4e41 100644
--- a/src/basic_serializer_map.cpp
+++ b/src/basic_serializer_map.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 #include <utility>
 
 #define BOOST_ARCHIVE_SOURCE
-// include this to prevent linker errors when the
-// same modules are marked export and import.
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/throw_exception.hpp>
 
diff --git a/src/extended_type_info.cpp b/src/extended_type_info.cpp
index 13a60c3e7..946be9d7e 100644
--- a/src/extended_type_info.cpp
+++ b/src/extended_type_info.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ namespace std{ using ::strcmp; }
 
 #include <boost/core/no_exceptions_support.hpp>
 
-// it marks our code with proper attributes as being exported when
-// we're compiling it while marking it import when just the headers
-// is being included.
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/singleton.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/force_include.hpp>
diff --git a/src/extended_type_info_no_rtti.cpp b/src/extended_type_info_no_rtti.cpp
index 0a8d2a078..c0a118b8d 100644
--- a/src/extended_type_info_no_rtti.cpp
+++ b/src/extended_type_info_no_rtti.cpp
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 namespace std{ using ::strcmp; }
 #endif
 
-// it marks our code with proper attributes as being exported when
-// we're compiling it while marking it import when just the headers
-// is being included.
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/extended_type_info_no_rtti.hpp>
 
diff --git a/src/extended_type_info_typeid.cpp b/src/extended_type_info_typeid.cpp
index 5669dfa77..fac778665 100644
--- a/src/extended_type_info_typeid.cpp
+++ b/src/extended_type_info_typeid.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/core/no_exceptions_support.hpp>
 
-// it marks our code with proper attributes as being exported when
-// we're compiling it while marking it import when just the headers
-// is being included.
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/singleton.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/extended_type_info_typeid.hpp>
diff --git a/src/singleton.cpp b/src/singleton.cpp
index 70855f60d..3484e8c4a 100644
--- a/src/singleton.cpp
+++ b/src/singleton.cpp
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 // http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 //
 
-// it marks our code with proper attributes as being exported when
-// we're compiling it while marking it import when just the headers
-// is being included.
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/singleton.hpp>
 
diff --git a/src/void_cast.cpp b/src/void_cast.cpp
index 900999332..17a0f93ab 100644
--- a/src/void_cast.cpp
+++ b/src/void_cast.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 
-#define BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SOURCE
 #include <boost/serialization/config.hpp>
 // it marks our code with proper attributes as being exported when
 // we're compiling it while marking it import when just the headers