diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6b922384..2bf8b1a8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="4"
 CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="2"
 CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}.PRE\""
+CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}\""
 
 # Check CLIgen
 if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 383af866..fa281d81 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AC_INIT(lib/clixon/clixon.h.in)
 CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="4"
 CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="2"
 CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}.PRE\""
+CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}\""
 
 # Check CLIgen
 if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then