diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1564577bdc5386dd9a9f2856ef244303ac302436..6192922de9c06e7d6b648944ebbde0db96d9c596 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-FRED=42
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 26