diff --git a/internal/compact_lang_det.cc b/internal/compact_lang_det.cc
index ff3ffff..ccc6588 100644
--- a/internal/compact_lang_det.cc
+++ b/internal/compact_lang_det.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 namespace CLD2 {
 
 // String is "code_version - data_scrape_date"
-static const char* kDetectLanguageVersion = "V2.0 - 20130715";
+//static const char* kDetectLanguageVersion = "V2.0 - 20130715";
+
 
 // Large-table version for all ~160 languages
 // Small-table version for all ~60 languages
@@ -317,12 +318,5 @@ Language ExtDetectLanguageSummary(
   return lang;
 }
 
-
-// Return version text string
-// String is "code_version - data_build_date"
-const char* DetectLanguageVersion() {
-  return kDetectLanguageVersion;
-}
-
 }       // End namespace CLD2