--- src/main.c
+++ src/main.c
@@ -1248,8 +1248,6 @@
 {
   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;
 
@@ -1303,18 +1301,6 @@
     exit (WGET_EXIT_IO_FAIL);
 #endif /* def ENABLE_NLS */
 
-  if (compilation_string != NULL)
-    if (format_and_print_line (compile_title,
-                               compilation_string,
-                               MAX_CHARS_PER_LINE) < 0)
-      exit (WGET_EXIT_IO_FAIL);
-
-  if (link_string != NULL)
-    if (format_and_print_line (link_title,
-                               link_string,
-                               MAX_CHARS_PER_LINE) < 0)
-      exit (WGET_EXIT_IO_FAIL);
-
   if (printf ("\n") < 0)
     exit (WGET_EXIT_IO_FAIL);
 
--- src/Makefile.in
+++ src/Makefile.in
@@ -2384,11 +2384,6 @@
 	echo '' >> $@
 	echo '#include "version.h"' >> $@
 	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) $(LFLAGS) -o$@ $^