diff --git a/support/ab.c b/support/ab.c
index 2a611eeb69d..37f3c7c8251 100644
--- a/support/ab.c
+++ b/support/ab.c
@@ -2735,14 +2735,14 @@ static void workers_may_exit(int unused)
 static void copyright(void)
 {
     if (!use_html) {
-        printf("This is ApacheBench, Version %s\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION " <$Revision$>");
+        printf("This is ApacheBench, Version %s\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION);
         printf("Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://web.archive.org/web/20000304112933/http://www.zeustech.net/\n");
         printf("Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/\n");
         printf("\n");
     }
     else {
         printf("<p>\n");
-        printf(" This is ApacheBench, Version %s <i>&lt;%s&gt;</i><br>\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION, "$Revision$");
+        printf(" This is ApacheBench, Version %s<br>\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION);
         printf(" Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://web.archive.org/web/20000304112933/http://www.zeustech.net/<br>\n");
         printf(" Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/<br>\n");
         printf("</p>\n<p>\n");