diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c099cfecb1..727846aab9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ project (gnucash
 
 enable_testing()
 
-# Version number of gnucash
-set (GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES 3.x)
-
 set (PACKAGE_NAME GnuCash)
 set (PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://bugs.gnucash.org")
 set (PACKAGE_STRING "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
diff --git a/common/config.h.cmake.in b/common/config.h.cmake.in
index 3e357b2e12..70602ef7b0 100644
--- a/common/config.h.cmake.in
+++ b/common/config.h.cmake.in
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
    package management based version string instead. */
 #define GNUCASH_BUILD_ID "@GNUCASH_BUILD_ID@"
 
-/* Most recent stable GnuCash series */
-#define GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES "@GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES@"
-
 /* GnuCash earliest compatible databaseversion number */
 #define GNUCASH_RESAVE_VERSION @GNUCASH_RESAVE_VERSION@