--- src/main.c
+++ src/main.c
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@
 
 /* defined in version.c */
 extern char *version_string;
-extern char *compilation_string;
 extern char *system_getrc;
-extern char *link_string;
 /* defined in build_info.c */
 extern const char *compiled_features[];
 /* Used for --version output in print_version */
@@ -868,8 +866,6 @@
 {
   const char *wgetrc_title  = _("Wgetrc: ");
   const char *locale_title  = _("Locale: ");
-  const char *compile_title = _("Compile: ");
-  const char *link_title    = _("Link: ");
   char *env_wgetrc, *user_wgetrc;
   int i;
 
@@ -923,18 +919,6 @@
     exit (3);
 #endif /* def ENABLE_NLS */
 
-  if (compilation_string != NULL)
-    if (format_and_print_line (compile_title,
-                               compilation_string,
-                               MAX_CHARS_PER_LINE) < 0)
-      exit (3);
-
-  if (link_string != NULL)
-    if (format_and_print_line (link_title,
-                               link_string,
-                               MAX_CHARS_PER_LINE) < 0)
-      exit (3);
-
   if (printf ("\n") < 0)
     exit (3);
 
--- src/Makefile.in
+++ src/Makefile.in
@@ -2091,11 +2091,6 @@
 	echo '/* Autogenerated by Makefile - DO NOT EDIT */' >> $@
 	echo '' >> $@
 	echo 'const char *version_string = "@VERSION@";' >> $@
-	echo 'const char *compilation_string = "'$(COMPILE)'";' \
-	    | $(ESCAPEQUOTE) >> $@
-	echo 'const char *link_string = "'$(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
-	$(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(wget_LDADD)'";' \
-	    | $(ESCAPEQUOTE) >> $@
 
 css.c: $(srcdir)/css.l
 	$(LEX) $(LFLAGS) -o $@ $^