diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f0ba6b6d..c36618ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ CVS code -
   shortcut_init()
 	- Remove erroneous handling of the "Get Help" shortcut in the
 	  file browser shortcut list. (DLR)
+- nano.h:
+	- Remove now-unneeded VERMSG #define. (DLR)
 - prompt.c:
   get_prompt_string()
 	- Redraw the prompt and set finished to FALSE when NANO_HELP_KEY
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@ CVS code -
 	  Shift-Insert, and Shift-Suspend as Begin, Delete, End, Home,
 	  Insert, and Suspend, respectively, regardless of whether
 	  --rebindkeypad is used. (DLR, found by David Benbennick)
+  titlebar()
+	- Use PACKAGE_STRING, as defined by autoconf, instead of VERMSG.
+	  (DLR)
   edit_redraw()
 	- If either current or old_current is offscreen, we're not on
 	  the first page, and/or we're not on the same page as before,
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index 40b24816..99521e9f 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
 #define getline ngetline
 #endif
 
-#define VERMSG "GNU nano " VERSION
-
 /* If we don't have regex support, turn the color support off, as it
  * depends on the use of regexes. */
 #ifndef HAVE_REGEX_H
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index aaab4072..f2f98ddb 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ void titlebar(const char *path)
 {
     int space = COLS;
 	/* The space we have available for display. */
-    size_t verlen = strlenpt(VERMSG) + 1;
+    size_t verlen = strlenpt(PACKAGE_STRING) + 1;
 	/* The length of the version message in columns, plus one for
 	 * padding. */
     const char *prefix;
@@ -2010,7 +2010,8 @@ void titlebar(const char *path)
     if (space >= 4) {
 	/* Add a space after the version message, and account for both
 	 * it and the two spaces before it. */
-	mvwaddnstr(topwin, 0, 2, VERMSG, actual_x(VERMSG, verlen));
+	mvwaddnstr(topwin, 0, 2, PACKAGE_STRING,
+		actual_x(PACKAGE_STRING, verlen));
 	verlen += 3;
 
 	/* Account for the full length of the version message. */