diff --git a/config/opal_functions.m4 b/config/opal_functions.m4
index c358b628c3..efc4bf1a99 100644
--- a/config/opal_functions.m4
+++ b/config/opal_functions.m4
@@ -112,14 +112,6 @@ dnl #######################################################################
 dnl #######################################################################
 
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_BASIC_SETUP],[
-#
-# Save some stats about this build
-#
-
-OPAL_CONFIGURE_USER="${USER:-`whoami`}"
-OPAL_CONFIGURE_HOST="${HOSTNAME:-`(hostname || uname -n) 2> /dev/null | sed 1q`}"
-OPAL_CONFIGURE_DATE="`date`"
-
 #
 # Make automake clean emacs ~ files for "make clean"
 #