diff --git a/psycopg/lobject_type.c b/psycopg/lobject_type.c
index 8aefa74e..74901123 100644
--- a/psycopg/lobject_type.c
+++ b/psycopg/lobject_type.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "psycopg/microprotocols.h"
 #include "psycopg/microprotocols_proto.h"
 #include "psycopg/pqpath.h"
-#include "pgversion.h"
 
 
 #ifdef PSYCOPG_EXTENSIONS
diff --git a/psycopg/pgversion.h b/psycopg/pgversion.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f874a9ae..00000000
--- a/psycopg/pgversion.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#define PG_VERSION_MAJOR 7
-#define PG_VERSION_MINOR 4
diff --git a/psycopg/pqpath.c b/psycopg/pqpath.c
index ca975658..c6fb6cd3 100644
--- a/psycopg/pqpath.c
+++ b/psycopg/pqpath.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "psycopg/green.h"
 #include "psycopg/typecast.h"
 #include "psycopg/pgtypes.h"
-#include "psycopg/pgversion.h"
 
 
 /* Strip off the severity from a Postgres error message. */
diff --git a/psycopg/utils.c b/psycopg/utils.c
index c6028052..d8d33075 100644
--- a/psycopg/utils.c
+++ b/psycopg/utils.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "psycopg/psycopg.h"
 #include "psycopg/connection.h"
 #include "psycopg/pgtypes.h"
-#include "psycopg/pgversion.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 char *