diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/version.cc b/gtk2_ardour/version.cc
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index 9a255dbffa..0000000000
--- a/gtk2_ardour/version.cc
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-int gtk2_ardour_major_version = 3;
-int gtk2_ardour_minor_version = 5;
-int gtk2_ardour_micro_version = 0;
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/version.h b/gtk2_ardour/version.h
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index 7265c958e3..0000000000
--- a/gtk2_ardour/version.h
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __gtk2_ardour_version_h__
-#define __gtk2_ardour_version_h__
- extern const char* gtk2_ardour_revision;
- extern int gtk2_ardour_major_version;
- extern int gtk2_ardour_minor_version;
- extern int gtk2_ardour_micro_version;
-#endif /* __gtk2_ardour_version_h__ */