diff --git a/include/verilated.h b/include/verilated.h
index 2188f124b..9f761e209 100644
--- a/include/verilated.h
+++ b/include/verilated.h
@@ -272,17 +272,6 @@ public:
 #define VL_MODULE(modname) class modname VL_NOT_FINAL : public VerilatedModule
 // Not class final in VL_MODULE, as users might be abstracting our models (--hierarchical)
 
-/// Constructor, ala SC_CTOR
-#define VL_CTOR(modname) modname(const char* __VCname = "")
-
-/// Constructor declaration for C++, ala SP_CTOR_IMPL
-#define VL_CTOR_IMP(modname) \
-    modname::modname(const char* __VCname) \
-        : VerilatedModule(__VCname)
-
-/// Constructor declaration for SystemC, ala SP_CTOR_IMPL
-#define VL_SC_CTOR_IMP(modname) modname::modname(sc_module_name)
-
 //=========================================================================
 // Functions overridable by user defines
 // (Internals however must use VL_PRINTF_MT, which calls these.)
diff --git a/src/V3EmitC.cpp b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
index 99f1f7361..8a9ab194b 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitC.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
@@ -2427,10 +2427,12 @@ void EmitCImp::emitCtorImp(AstNodeModule* modp) {
     if (VN_IS(modp, Class)) {
         modp->v3fatalSrc("constructors should be AstCFuncs instead");
     } else if (optSystemC() && modp->isTop()) {
-        puts("VL_SC_CTOR_IMP(" + prefixNameProtect(modp) + ")");
+        puts(prefixNameProtect(modp) + "::" + prefixNameProtect(modp) + "(sc_module_name)");
     } else {
-        puts("VL_CTOR_IMP(" + prefixNameProtect(modp) + ")");
-        first = false;  // VL_CTOR_IMP includes the first ':'
+        puts(prefixNameProtect(modp) + "::" + prefixNameProtect(modp)
+             + "(const char* __VCname)\n");
+        puts("    : VerilatedModule(__VCname)\n");
+        first = false;  // printed the first ':'
     }
     emitVarCtors(&first);
     if (modp->isTop() && v3Global.opt.mtasks()) emitMTaskVertexCtors(&first);
@@ -3184,7 +3186,7 @@ void EmitCImp::emitInt(AstNodeModule* modp) {
         puts("virtual ~" + prefixNameProtect(modp) + "();\n");
     } else if (optSystemC()) {
         ofp()->putsPrivate(false);  // public:
-        puts("VL_CTOR(" + prefixNameProtect(modp) + ");\n");
+        puts(prefixNameProtect(modp) + "(const char* __VCname = \"\");\n");
         puts("~" + prefixNameProtect(modp) + "();\n");
     } else {
         ofp()->putsPrivate(false);  // public: