diff --git a/frame/base/bli_error.c b/frame/base/bli_error.c
index 1381afef0..a33876690 100644
--- a/frame/base/bli_error.c
+++ b/frame/base/bli_error.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "blis.h"
 
 // Internal array to hold error strings.
-static char bli_error_string[BLIS_MAX_NUM_ERR_MSGS][BLIS_MAX_ERR_MSG_LENGTH] =
+static char *bli_error_string[-BLIS_ERROR_CODE_MAX] =
 {
 	[-BLIS_INVALID_ERROR_CHECKING_LEVEL]         = "Invalid error checking level.",
 	[-BLIS_UNDEFINED_ERROR_CODE]                 = "Undefined error code.",
diff --git a/frame/include/bli_error_macro_defs.h b/frame/include/bli_error_macro_defs.h
index a0c9ea6ab..00d8acdcb 100644
--- a/frame/include/bli_error_macro_defs.h
+++ b/frame/include/bli_error_macro_defs.h
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@
 #ifndef BLIS_ERROR_MACRO_DEFS_H
 #define BLIS_ERROR_MACRO_DEFS_H
 
-// -- Error-related macros --
-
-// Used to determine the size of the array of error strings.
-#define BLIS_MAX_NUM_ERR_MSGS    200
-#define BLIS_MAX_ERR_MSG_LENGTH  200
-
 // Used to insert filenames and line numbers into error-checking code.
 #define bli_check_error_code( code ) \
         bli_check_error_code_helper( code, __FILE__, __LINE__ )