diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a66aa1a..0000000
--- a/common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-// Copyright (c) 2015-16 Tom Deakin, Simon McIntosh-Smith,
-// University of Bristol HPC
-//
-// For full license terms please see the LICENSE file distributed with this
-// source code
-
-#define VERSION_STRING "devel"
-
diff --git a/common.h.in b/common.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b0f38b..0000000
--- a/common.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-// Copyright (c) 2015-16 Tom Deakin, Simon McIntosh-Smith,
-// University of Bristol HPC
-//
-// For full license terms please see the LICENSE file distributed with this
-// source code
-
-#define VERSION_STRING "@gpu-stream_VERSION_MAJOR@.@gpu-stream_VERSION_MINOR@"
-
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index c73322f..c1ca69f 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <cstring>
 
-#include "common.h"
+#define VERSION_STRING "devel"
+
 #include "Stream.h"
 
 #if defined(CUDA)