diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4545b27a..a9b84851 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,13 +106,6 @@ math(EXPR LIBXML_VERSION_NUMBER "
 
 set(MODULE_EXTENSION "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
 
-set(PACKAGE "libxml2")
-set(PACKAGE_NAME "libxml2")
-set(PACKAGE_STRING "libxml2 ${VERSION}")
-set(PACKAGE_TARNAME "libxml2")
-set(PACKAGE_URL "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2")
-set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${VERSION})
-
 if(LIBXML2_WITH_ICONV)
     find_package(Iconv REQUIRED)
 endif()
diff --git a/config.h.cmake.in b/config.h.cmake.in
index 2dba79ce..a2f7d9b6 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake.in
+++ b/config.h.cmake.in
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_STDINT_H 1
 
-/* Version number of package */
-#cmakedefine VERSION "@VERSION@"
-
 /* System configuration directory (/etc) */
 #cmakedefine XML_SYSCONFDIR "@XML_SYSCONFDIR@"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fc36df78..7c47778d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBXML_VERSION_INFO)
 AC_SUBST(LIBXML_VERSION_NUMBER)
 AC_SUBST(LIBXML_VERSION_EXTRA)
 
-VERSION=${LIBXML_VERSION}
-
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.16.3 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6053bc53..f2ecd11c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -225,12 +225,6 @@ endforeach
 
 ## config.h
 config_h = configuration_data()
-config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_NAME', meson.project_name())
-config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
-config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_BIN_DIR', dir_bin)
-config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_LIB_DIR', dir_lib)
-config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_DATA_DIR', dir_data)
-config_h.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', dir_locale)
 config_h.set_quoted('XML_SYSCONFDIR',
                     get_option('prefix') / get_option('sysconfdir'))