diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 0a4be7768..59f862927 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -1,65 +1,64 @@
 Bitcoin ABC Release Process
 ===========================
 
 
 ## Before Release
 
 1. Check configuration
     - Check features planned for the release are implemented and documented
       (or more informally, that the Release Manager agrees it is feature complete)
     - Check that finished tasks / tickets are marked as resolved
 
 2. Verify tests passed
     - any known issues or limitations should be documented in release notes
     - known bugs should have tickets
     - Verify IBD without checkpoints and without assumevalid.
  
 3. Update the documents / code which needs to be updated every release
     - Check that doc/release-notes.md is complete, and fill in any missing items.
     - Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release.
     - (major releases) Update [`BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE`](/src/qt/intro.cpp) to the current size plus
       some overhead.
     - Update `src/chainparams.cpp` defaultAssumeValid and nMinimumChainWork with information from
       the getblockhash rpc.
     - The selected value must not be orphaned so it may be useful to set the value two blocks back 
       from the tip.
     - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there.
     - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect
       that causes rejection of blocks in the past history.
     - Regenerate manpages (run contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh).
     - Update seeds as per [contrib/seeds/README.md](contrib/seeds/README.md)
 
 4. Add git tag for release
 
 ## Release
 
 5. Create Gitian Builds (see doc/gitian-building.md), notify PPA buildmaster to start creating Ubuntu PPAs
 
 6. Verify matching gitian builds, gather signatures
 
 7. Upload gitian build to [bitcoinabc.org](https://download.bitcoinabc.org/)
 
 8. Create a [GitHub release](https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/releases).
     The Github release name should be the same as the tag (without the prepended 'v'), and
     the contents of the release notes should be copied from release-notes.md.
 
 ## After Release
 
 9. Increment version number in:
     - doc/Doxyfile
     - doc/release-notes.md (and copy existing one to versioned doc/release-notes/*.md)
     - configure.ac
     - src/config/CMakeLists.txt
-    - src/clientversion.h
     - contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml (before a new major release)
 
 10. Update version number on www.bitcoinabc.org
 
 11. Publish signed checksums (various places, e.g. blog, reddit/r/BitcoinABC)
 
 12. Announce Release:
     - [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinABC/)
     - Twitter @Bitcoin_ABC
     - Public slack channels friendly to Bitcoin ABC announcements 
       (eg. #abc-announce on BTCforks,  #hardfork on BTCchat)
 
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 8f098f784..b84bee4b2 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -1,71 +1,47 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Copyright (c) 2017-2018 The Bitcoin developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #ifndef BITCOIN_CLIENTVERSION_H
 #define BITCOIN_CLIENTVERSION_H
 
-#if defined(HAVE_CONFIG_H)
 #include "config/bitcoin-config.h"
-#else
-
-/**
- * client versioning and copyright year
- */
-
-//! These need to be macros, as clientversion.cpp's and bitcoin*-res.rc's voodoo
-//! requires it
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 18
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 6
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0
-
-//! Set to true for release, false for prerelease or test build
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE true
-
-/**
- * Copyright year (2009-this)
- * TODO: Update this when changing our copyright comments in the source
- */
-#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2018
-
-#endif // HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
 /**
  * Converts the parameter X to a string after macro replacement on X has been
  * performed.
  * Don't merge these into one macro!
  */
 #define STRINGIZE(X) DO_STRINGIZE(X)
 #define DO_STRINGIZE(X) #X
 
 //! Copyright string used in Windows .rc files
 #define COPYRIGHT_STR                                                          \
     "2009-" STRINGIZE(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) " " COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_FINAL
 
 /**
  * bitcoind-res.rc includes this file, but it cannot cope with real c++ code.
  * WINDRES_PREPROC is defined to indicate that its pre-processor is running.
  * Anything other than a define should be guarded below.
  */
 
 #if !defined(WINDRES_PREPROC)
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 static const int CLIENT_VERSION =
     1000000 * CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR + 10000 * CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR +
     100 * CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION + 1 * CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD;
 
 extern const std::string CLIENT_NAME;
 extern const std::string CLIENT_BUILD;
 
 std::string FormatFullVersion();
 std::string FormatSubVersion(const std::string &name, int nClientVersion,
                              const std::vector<std::string> &comments);
 
 #endif // WINDRES_PREPROC
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_CLIENTVERSION_H