--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 OPENIPMI_PKG_NAME=OpenIPMI
-OPENIPMI_VERSION_MAJOR=2
-OPENIPMI_VERSION_MINOR=0
-OPENIPMI_VERSION_RELEASE=21
 OPENIPMI_VERSION_EXTRA=
 AC_INIT([OpenIPMI], [2.0.21], [minyard@acm.org], [OpenIPMI])
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
@@ -283,9 +280,9 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getaddrinfo)
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(execinfo.h)
 
-AC_SUBST(OPENIPMI_VERSION_MAJOR)
-AC_SUBST(OPENIPMI_VERSION_MINOR)
-AC_SUBST(OPENIPMI_VERSION_RELEASE)
+AC_SUBST(OPENIPMI_VERSION_MAJOR, 2)
+AC_SUBST(OPENIPMI_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
+AC_SUBST(OPENIPMI_VERSION_RELEASE, 21)
 AC_SUBST(OPENIPMI_VERSION_EXTRA)
 
 AC_SUBST(POPTLIBS)
