diff -ru vim71/src/globals.h vim71+iPhone/src/globals.h
--- vim71/src/globals.h	2007-05-07 19:44:26.000000000 +0000
+++ vim71+iPhone/src/globals.h	2008-06-18 02:18:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -1080,11 +1080,7 @@
 
 /* these are in version.c */
 extern char *Version;
-#if defined(HAVE_DATE_TIME) && defined(VMS) && defined(VAXC)
-extern char longVersion[];
-#else
 extern char *longVersion;
-#endif
 
 /*
  * Some file names are stored in pathdef.c, which is generated from the
diff -ru vim71/src/main.c vim71+iPhone/src/main.c
--- vim71/src/main.c	2007-05-07 19:38:44.000000000 +0000
+++ vim71+iPhone/src/main.c	2008-06-18 02:18:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -235,10 +235,6 @@
     /* Init the table of Normal mode commands. */
     init_normal_cmds();
 
-#if defined(HAVE_DATE_TIME) && defined(VMS) && defined(VAXC)
-    make_version();	/* Construct the long version string. */
-#endif
-
     /*
      * Allocate space for the generic buffers (needed for set_init_1() and
      * EMSG2()).
diff -ru vim71/src/version.c vim71+iPhone/src/version.c
--- vim71/src/version.c	2007-05-12 10:23:44.000000000 +0000
+++ vim71+iPhone/src/version.c	2008-06-18 02:18:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -30,29 +30,7 @@
 char		*Version = VIM_VERSION_SHORT;
 static char	*mediumVersion = VIM_VERSION_MEDIUM;
 
-#if defined(HAVE_DATE_TIME) || defined(PROTO)
-# if (defined(VMS) && defined(VAXC)) || defined(PROTO)
-char	longVersion[sizeof(VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE) + sizeof(__DATE__)
-						      + sizeof(__TIME__) + 3];
-    void
-make_version()
-{
-    /*
-     * Construct the long version string.  Necessary because
-     * VAX C can't catenate strings in the preprocessor.
-     */
-    strcpy(longVersion, VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE);
-    strcat(longVersion, __DATE__);
-    strcat(longVersion, " ");
-    strcat(longVersion, __TIME__);
-    strcat(longVersion, ")");
-}
-# else
-char	*longVersion = VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE __DATE__ " " __TIME__ ")";
-# endif
-#else
 char	*longVersion = VIM_VERSION_LONG;
-#endif
 
 static void version_msg __ARGS((char *s));