diff --git a/wiki.pl b/wiki.pl
index c3bc9ed2..a06f156f 100755
--- a/wiki.pl
+++ b/wiki.pl
@@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ package OddMuse;
 use strict;
 use CGI;
 use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
-use vars qw($VERSION);
 local $| = 1;  # Do not buffer output (localized for mod_perl)
 
-$VERSION=(split(/ +/, q{$Revision: 1.960 $}))[1]; # for MakeMaker
-
 # Options:
 use vars qw($RssLicense $RssCacheHours @RcDays $TempDir $LockDir $DataDir
 $KeepDir $PageDir $RcOldFile $IndexFile $BannedContent $NoEditFile $BannedHosts