diff --git a/Builds/VisualStudio2012/BeastConfig.h b/Builds/VisualStudio2012/BeastConfig.h
index edc97a0f4..4c8e9aa1c 100644
--- a/Builds/VisualStudio2012/BeastConfig.h
+++ b/Builds/VisualStudio2012/BeastConfig.h
@@ -90,13 +90,6 @@
 //
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/** Config: BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING
-    Turns off the debugging display of the beast version number
-*/
-#ifndef BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING
-#define BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING 0
-#endif
-
 /** Config: BEAST_DONT_AUTOLINK_TO_WIN32_LIBRARIES
     In a Visual C++  build, this can be used to stop the required system libs
     being automatically added to the link stage.
diff --git a/modules/beast_core/system/BeastConfigCheck.h b/modules/beast_core/system/BeastConfigCheck.h
index 172ac0f00..53a3b433c 100644
--- a/modules/beast_core/system/BeastConfigCheck.h
+++ b/modules/beast_core/system/BeastConfigCheck.h
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#ifndef BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING
-#define BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING 0
-#endif
-
 #ifndef BEAST_DONT_AUTOLINK_TO_WIN32_LIBRARIES
 #define BEAST_DONT_AUTOLINK_TO_WIN32_LIBRARIES 0
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/beast_core/system/SystemStats.cpp b/modules/beast_core/system/SystemStats.cpp
index 0098e33d0..cb600a369 100644
--- a/modules/beast_core/system/SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/beast_core/system/SystemStats.cpp
@@ -40,22 +40,6 @@ String SystemStats::getBeastVersion()
                 "." BEAST_STRINGIFY(BEAST_BUILDNUMBER);
 }
 
-#if BEAST_ANDROID && ! defined (BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING)
- #define BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING 1
-#endif
-
-#if BEAST_DEBUG && ! BEAST_DISABLE_BEAST_VERSION_PRINTING
- struct BeastVersionPrinter
- {
-     BeastVersionPrinter()
-     {
-         DBG (SystemStats::getBeastVersion());
-     }
- };
-
- static BeastVersionPrinter beastVersionPrinter;
-#endif
-
 //==============================================================================
 struct CPUInformation
 {