diff --git a/SWIG/vms/swigver.h b/SWIG/vms/swigver.h
index 0fa6bfdbe..6e936bbd4 100644
--- a/SWIG/vms/swigver.h
+++ b/SWIG/vms/swigver.h
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
 
-/* SWIG version information */
 
-#ifndef SWIG_VERSION
-#define SWIG_VERSION 0x010316
-#endif
-
-#ifndef SWIG_MAJOR_VERSION
-#define SWIG_MAJOR_VERSION 1
-#endif
-
-#ifndef SWIG_MINOR_VERSION
-#define SWIG_MINOR_VERSION 3
-#endif
-
-#ifndef SWIG_SPIN
-#define SWIG_SPIN 16
-#endif
+/* deprecated file */