diff --git a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
index c7c7ce711..1f134bb0c 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
+++ b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         nthread = 0;
     }
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: build = %d (%s)\n", __func__, BUILD_NUMBER, BUILD_COMMIT);
-
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: quantizing '%s' to '%s' as %s", __func__, fname_inp.c_str(), fname_out.c_str(), ftype_str.c_str());
     if (nthread > 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, " using %d threads", nthread);