diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c886176..fe55977 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(TINYPROXY_UNSTABLE, test "x$TINYPROXY_UNSTABLE" = "xyes")
 
 
-AH_TEMPLATE([TARGET_SYSTEM],
-	    [A string containing the target system for which tinyproxy was built.])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_SYSTEM, ["$target"])
-
 dnl Check if we're compiling on a weird platform :)
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 0327714..a6dfb05 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ takesig (int sig)
 static void
 display_version (void)
 {
-        printf ("%s %s (%s)\n", PACKAGE, VERSION, TARGET_SYSTEM);
+        printf ("%s %s\n", PACKAGE, VERSION);
 }
 
 /*