diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
index e0ea510295..9c5b0e4c9d 100644
--- a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
                 "F3DEX_GBI_2",
                 "_LANGUAGE_C",
                 "_MIPS_SZLONG=32",
-                "SCRIPT(...)={}",
                 "VERSION=us",
                 "VERSION_US"
             ],
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d694cb1eb9..39db3d364d 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
         "-Iver/current/build/include",
         "-Isrc",
         "-D_LANGUAGE_C",
-        "-DSCRIPT(...)={}",
         "-Wall"
     ],
     "clang-tidy.blacklist": [
diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index 48bedc8645..343634104a 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ GENERATE_LATEX         = NO
 ENABLE_PREPROCESSING   = YES
 MACRO_EXPANSION        = YES
 EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF     = YES
-PREDEFINED             = DOXYGEN NON_MATCHING SCRIPT(...)={} __attribute__((x))=
+PREDEFINED             = DOXYGEN NON_MATCHING __attribute__((x))=
 EXPAND_AS_DEFINED      = INCLUDE_ASM UNK_TYPE UNK_PTR UNK_RET UNK_FUN_ARG UNK_FUN_PTR UNK_ARGS M
 SKIP_FUNCTION_MACROS   = YES
 
diff --git a/format.sh b/format.sh
index ba64effa51..18385b414a 100755
--- a/format.sh
+++ b/format.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-COMPILER_OPTS="-std=gnu89 -Iinclude -Isrc -D_LANGUAGE_C -DSCRIPT(...)={}"
+COMPILER_OPTS="-std=gnu89 -Iinclude -Isrc -D_LANGUAGE_C"
 
 shopt -s globstar
 
diff --git a/include/macros.h b/include/macros.h
index 67e66487ad..ef89172a42 100644
--- a/include/macros.h
+++ b/include/macros.h
@@ -146,9 +146,4 @@
 #define VAR_PROJECTILE_HITBOX_STATE varTable[0]
 #define AI_PROJECTILE_AMMO_COUNT varTable[3]
 
-#ifdef PERMUTER
-#undef SCRIPT
-#define SCRIPT(...) {}
-#endif
-
 #endif
diff --git a/include/npc.h b/include/npc.h
index a04e3954fb..e0d24221b4 100644
--- a/include/npc.h
+++ b/include/npc.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #include "enums.h"
 #include "script_api/map.h"
 
-#define GET_MACRO(_1,_2,_3,NAME,...) NAME
-#define NPC_GROUP(...) GET_MACRO(__VA_ARGS__, NPC_GROUP_3, NPC_GROUP_2, NPC_GROUP_1)(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define GET_MACRO(_1,_2,_3,NAME,ARGS...) NAME
+#define NPC_GROUP(ARGS...) GET_MACRO(ARGS, NPC_GROUP_3, NPC_GROUP_2, NPC_GROUP_1)(ARGS)
 
 // battle and stage are optional in overloaded NPC_GROUP macros
 #define NPC_GROUP_1(npcs) { sizeof(npcs) / sizeof(StaticNpc), (StaticNpc*) &npcs, 0, 0 }
diff --git a/src/evt/msg_api.h b/src/evt/msg_api.h
index 5541fcc5fe..4fb53a0e68 100644
--- a/src/evt/msg_api.h
+++ b/src/evt/msg_api.h
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 
 #include "script_api/macros.h"
 
-#define SpeakToPlayer(...) \
-    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_SpeakToPlayer, ##__VA_ARGS__),
+#define SpeakToPlayer(ARGS...) \
+    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_SpeakToPlayer, ##ARGS),
 ApiStatus evt_SpeakToPlayer(Evt* script, s32 isInitialCall);
 
-#define EndSpeech(...) \
-    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_EndSpeech, ##__VA_ARGS__),
+#define EndSpeech(ARGS...) \
+    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_EndSpeech, ##ARGS),
 ApiStatus evt_EndSpeech(Evt* script, s32 isInitialCall);
 
-#define ContinueSpeech(...) \
-    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_ContinueSpeech, ##__VA_ARGS__),
+#define ContinueSpeech(ARGS...) \
+    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_ContinueSpeech, ##ARGS),
 ApiStatus evt_ContinueSpeech(Evt* script, s32 isInitialCall);
 
-#define SpeakToNpc(...) \
-    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_SpeakToNpc, ##__VA_ARGS__),
+#define SpeakToNpc(ARGS...) \
+    _EVT_CMD(EVT_OP_CALL, evt_SpeakToNpc, ##ARGS),
 ApiStatus evt_SpeakToNpc(Evt* script, s32 isInitialCall);
 
 #endif