diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b3415d030..1b9d97d08 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@ FWB_MICRO_VERSION=0
 #
 BUILD_NUM="3425"
 
-# VERSION must be a string rather than $var because of the build scripts
-# VERSION="4.2.0"
-# SHORTVERSION="420"
-
 VERSION="$FWB_MAJOR_VERSION.$FWB_MINOR_VERSION.$FWB_MICRO_VERSION.$BUILD_NUM"
-SHORTVERSION="${FWB_MAJOR_VERSION}${FWB_MINOR_VERSION}${FWB_MICRO_VERSION}"
-
-
-BETA="no"
 
 # Data format version
 FWBUILDER_XML_VERSION=17
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b2fa72f2a..25d3db1ed 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ AC_SUBST(FWB_VERSION)
 dnl AC_SUBST(LIBFWBUILDER_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(FWBUILDER_XML_VERSION)
 
-SHORTVERSION=${FWB_MAJOR_VERSION}${FWB_MINOR_VERSION}${FWB_MICRO_VERSION}
-AC_SUBST(SHORTVERSION)
-
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(FWBUILDER_XML_VERSION, "$FWBUILDER_XML_VERSION")
 
 echo "Creating VERSION.h file..."