diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 91208e9c3..f684810c8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3404,8 +3404,6 @@ ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers config.h pathnames.h"
 
 
 
-{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: configuring Sudo version $PACKAGE_VERSION" >&5
-printf "%s\n" "$as_me: configuring Sudo version $PACKAGE_VERSION" >&6;}
 
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4e34e48d4..9ce8ff266 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h pathnames.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/sudo.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([scripts])
 dnl
-dnl Note: this must come after AC_INIT
-dnl
-AC_MSG_NOTICE([configuring Sudo version $PACKAGE_VERSION])
-dnl
 dnl Variables that get substituted in the Makefile and man pages
 dnl
 AC_SUBST([SHELL])