diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c878bb230f..2f231ef3e4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(ruby, 1.7.2)
+AC_INIT()
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)