diff --git a/wmifs/wmifs.c b/wmifs/wmifs.c
index 28e8f18..d50abe1 100644
--- a/wmifs/wmifs.c
+++ b/wmifs/wmifs.c
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@
 #define LED_NET_TX			(5)
 #define LED_NET_POWER		(6)
 
-#define WMIFS_VERSION "1.6"
-
 /* the size of the buffer read from /proc/net/ */
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 512
 
@@ -1050,7 +1048,7 @@ void usage(void)
 void printversion(void)
 {
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", WMIFS_VERSION);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", PACKAGE_STRING);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************\