diff --git a/GNUmakefile.in b/GNUmakefile.in
index 218715eb..daf42324 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 # The real meat is in Make.mk, which see.
 
 TARNAME := @PACKAGE_TARNAME@
-VERSION := @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 
 CC := @CC@
 CFLAGS := @CFLAGS@