diff --git a/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h b/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h
index 138a367fc..b5d03b177 100644
--- a/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h
+++ b/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ DECL(merge);
 
 #define ALLOC(X) ((X) = malloc(sizeof(*(X))))
 
-#define KADMIN_APPL_VERSION "KADM0.0" /* XXX get from kadm5_locl.h */
-
 /* util.c */
 
 void attributes2str(krb5_flags attributes, char *str, size_t len);