diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 2441adfe2..e07c5057d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ DLLTOOL = @DLLTOOL@
 GUILE_LIBS = @GUILE_LIBS@
 GUILE_MAJOR_VERSION = @GUILE_MAJOR_VERSION@
 GUILE_MINOR_VERSION = @GUILE_MINOR_VERSION@
-GUILE_STAMP = @GUILE_STAMP@
 GUILE_VERSION = @GUILE_VERSION@
 LD = @LD@
 LIBLOBJS = @LIBLOBJS@
@@ -105,10 +104,9 @@ CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES =
 DATA =  $(aclocal_DATA)
 
 DIST_COMMON =  README AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL Makefile.am \
-Makefile.in NEWS THANKS TODO acconfig.h acinclude.m4 aclocal.m4 \
-config.guess config.sub configure configure.in install-sh \
-libguile/scmconfig.h.in libguile/stamp-h.in ltconfig ltmain.sh mdate-sh \
-missing mkinstalldirs
+Makefile.in NEWS THANKS TODO acinclude.m4 aclocal.m4 config.guess \
+config.sub configure configure.in install-sh ltconfig ltmain.sh \
+mdate-sh missing mkinstalldirs
 
 
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
@@ -132,34 +130,6 @@ config.status: $(srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
 $(srcdir)/configure: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@$(srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) $(CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES)
 	cd $(srcdir) && $(AUTOCONF)
 
-libguile/scmconfig.h: libguile/stamp-h
-	@if test ! -f $@; then \
-		rm -f libguile/stamp-h; \
-		$(MAKE) libguile/stamp-h; \
-	else :; fi
-libguile/stamp-h: $(srcdir)/libguile/scmconfig.h.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
-	cd $(top_builddir) \
-	  && CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=libguile/scmconfig.h \
-	     $(SHELL) ./config.status
-	@echo timestamp > libguile/stamp-h 2> /dev/null
-$(srcdir)/libguile/scmconfig.h.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@$(srcdir)/libguile/stamp-h.in
-	@if test ! -f $@; then \
-		rm -f $(srcdir)/libguile/stamp-h.in; \
-		$(MAKE) $(srcdir)/libguile/stamp-h.in; \
-	else :; fi
-$(srcdir)/libguile/stamp-h.in: $(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) acconfig.h
-	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOHEADER)
-	@echo timestamp > $(srcdir)/libguile/stamp-h.in 2> /dev/null
-
-mostlyclean-hdr:
-
-clean-hdr:
-
-distclean-hdr:
-	-rm -f libguile/scmconfig.h
-
-maintainer-clean-hdr:
-
 install-aclocalDATA: $(aclocal_DATA)
 	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(aclocaldir)
@@ -368,30 +338,29 @@ distclean-generic:
 	-rm -f config.cache config.log stamp-h stamp-h[0-9]*
 
 maintainer-clean-generic:
-mostlyclean-am:  mostlyclean-hdr mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-generic
+mostlyclean-am:  mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-generic
 
 mostlyclean: mostlyclean-recursive
 
-clean-am:  clean-hdr clean-tags clean-generic mostlyclean-am
+clean-am:  clean-tags clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 clean: clean-recursive
 
-distclean-am:  distclean-hdr distclean-tags distclean-generic clean-am
+distclean-am:  distclean-tags distclean-generic clean-am
 	-rm -f libtool
 
 distclean: distclean-recursive
 	-rm -f config.status
 
-maintainer-clean-am:  maintainer-clean-hdr maintainer-clean-tags \
-		maintainer-clean-generic distclean-am
+maintainer-clean-am:  maintainer-clean-tags maintainer-clean-generic \
+		distclean-am
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"
 	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
 
 maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-recursive
 	-rm -f config.status
 
-.PHONY: mostlyclean-hdr distclean-hdr clean-hdr maintainer-clean-hdr \
-uninstall-aclocalDATA install-aclocalDATA install-data-recursive \
+.PHONY: uninstall-aclocalDATA install-aclocalDATA install-data-recursive \
 uninstall-data-recursive install-exec-recursive \
 uninstall-exec-recursive installdirs-recursive uninstalldirs-recursive \
 all-recursive check-recursive installcheck-recursive info-recursive \
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f89034565..f99c40fb1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4764,9 +4764,6 @@ LIBLOBJS="`echo ${LIBOBJS} | sed 's/\.o/.lo/g'`"
 GUILE_LIBS="$LDFLAGS $THREAD_LIBS_INSTALLED $LIBS"
 
 
-GUILE_STAMP="`date`"
-
-
 
 
 
@@ -4952,7 +4949,6 @@ s%@GUILE_MAJOR_VERSION@%$GUILE_MAJOR_VERSION%g
 s%@GUILE_MINOR_VERSION@%$GUILE_MINOR_VERSION%g
 s%@GUILE_VERSION@%$GUILE_VERSION%g
 s%@GUILE_LIBS@%$GUILE_LIBS%g
-s%@GUILE_STAMP@%$GUILE_STAMP%g
 s%@LIBLOBJS@%$LIBLOBJS%g
 
 CEOF
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e935a8407..81c8eb19a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -478,17 +478,6 @@ dnl Tell guile-config what flags guile users should link against.
 GUILE_LIBS="$LDFLAGS $THREAD_LIBS_INSTALLED $LIBS"
 AC_SUBST(GUILE_LIBS)
 
-dnl timestamping the interpreter and scheme libraries:
-dnl
-dnl Help us notice when we're running one version of the Guile
-dnl interpreter against a different version of the ice-9 Scheme code.
-dnl This will definitely detect version skew due to differing
-dnl snapshots and releases, but may not catch skew for the developers.
-dnl Hopefully it will not detect skew when there is none; if that
-dnl happens, the warnings will be useless, and we should remove this.
-GUILE_STAMP="`date`"
-AC_SUBST(GUILE_STAMP)
-
 AC_SUBST(AWK)
 AC_SUBST(LIBLOBJS)