diff --git a/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt
index f80ee38a3fc..559b22b2c13 100644
--- a/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/lto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS
   Support
   )
 
-add_definitions( -DLLVM_VERSION_INFO=\"${PACKAGE_VERSION}\" )
-
 set(SOURCES
   LTODisassembler.cpp
   lto.cpp
diff --git a/tools/lto/Makefile b/tools/lto/Makefile
index a4fe9ac77c1..530c05a4731 100644
--- a/tools/lto/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lto/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ EXPORTED_SYMBOL_FILE = $(PROJ_SRC_DIR)/lto.exports
 
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.common
 
-ifdef LLVM_VERSION_INFO
-CXX.Flags += -DLLVM_VERSION_INFO='"$(LLVM_VERSION_INFO)"'
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),Darwin)
     # Special hack to allow libLTO to have an offset version number.
     ifdef LLVM_LTO_VERSION_OFFSET