diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_vty.c b/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
index 828fa711b2..a3180fd707 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
@@ -2267,9 +2267,9 @@ static int bgp_global_update_delay_config_vty(struct vty *vty,
 	 * Note that we only need to check this if this is the first time
 	 * setting the global config.
 	 */
-	if (bm->v_update_delay == BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF) {
+	if (bm->v_update_delay == BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT) {
 		for (ALL_LIST_ELEMENTS(bm->bgp, node, nnode, bgp)) {
-			if (bgp->v_update_delay != BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF) {
+			if (bgp->v_update_delay != BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT) {
 				vty_out(vty,
 					"%% update-delay configuration found in vrf %s\n",
 					bgp->inst_type == BGP_INSTANCE_TYPE_DEFAULT
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ static int bgp_global_update_delay_deconfig_vty(struct vty *vty)
 	struct listnode *node, *nnode;
 	struct bgp *bgp;
 
-	bm->v_update_delay = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF;
+	bm->v_update_delay = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT;
 	bm->v_establish_wait = bm->v_update_delay;
 
 	for (ALL_LIST_ELEMENTS(bm->bgp, node, nnode, bgp)) {
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ static int bgp_update_delay_deconfig_vty(struct vty *vty)
 			"%%Failed: bgp update-delay configured globally. Delete per-vrf not permitted\n");
 		return CMD_WARNING_CONFIG_FAILED;
 	}
-	bgp->v_update_delay = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF;
+	bgp->v_update_delay = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT;
 	bgp->v_establish_wait = bgp->v_update_delay;
 
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
@@ -19346,7 +19346,7 @@ int bgp_config_write(struct vty *vty)
 		vty_out(vty, "bgp route-map delay-timer %u\n",
 			bm->rmap_update_timer);
 
-	if (bm->v_update_delay != BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF) {
+	if (bm->v_update_delay != BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT) {
 		vty_out(vty, "bgp update-delay %d", bm->v_update_delay);
 		if (bm->v_update_delay != bm->v_establish_wait)
 			vty_out(vty, " %d", bm->v_establish_wait);
diff --git a/bgpd/bgpd.c b/bgpd/bgpd.c
index 44cd24565a..a88de651f5 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgpd.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgpd.c
@@ -8432,8 +8432,8 @@ void bgp_master_init(struct event_loop *master, const int buffer_size,
 	bm->start_time = monotime(NULL);
 	bm->t_rmap_update = NULL;
 	bm->rmap_update_timer = RMAP_DEFAULT_UPDATE_TIMER;
-	bm->v_update_delay = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF;
-	bm->v_establish_wait = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF;
+	bm->v_update_delay = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT;
+	bm->v_establish_wait = BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT;
 	bm->terminating = false;
 	bm->socket_buffer = buffer_size;
 	bm->wait_for_fib = false;
diff --git a/bgpd/bgpd.h b/bgpd/bgpd.h
index b733be9f0d..626a76ba0b 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgpd.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgpd.h
@@ -489,9 +489,7 @@ struct bgp {
 	uint32_t restarted_peers;
 	uint32_t implicit_eors;
 	uint32_t explicit_eors;
-#define BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEF              0
-#define BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_MIN              0
-#define BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_MAX              3600
+#define BGP_UPDATE_DELAY_DEFAULT 0
 
 	/* Reference bandwidth for BGP link-bandwidth. Used when
 	 * the LB value has to be computed based on some other