diff -ur vim81/src/globals.h vim81+iPhone/src/globals.h
--- vim81/src/globals.h	2018-07-27 10:35:59.000000000 -1000
+++ vim81+iPhone/src/globals.h	2018-07-27 11:41:21.000000000 -1000
@@ -1133,11 +1133,7 @@
 
 /* These are in version.c, call init_longVersion() before use. */
 extern char *Version;
-#if defined(HAVE_DATE_TIME) && defined(VMS) && defined(VAXC)
-extern char longVersion[];
-#else
-EXTERN char *longVersion;
-#endif
+extern char *longVersion;
 
 /*
  * Some file names are stored in pathdef.c, which is generated from the
diff -ur vim81/src/version.c vim81+iPhone/src/version.c
--- vim81/src/version.c	2018-07-27 10:36:00.000000000 -1000
+++ vim81+iPhone/src/version.c	2018-07-27 11:39:59.000000000 -1000
@@ -31,45 +31,6 @@
 char		*Version = VIM_VERSION_SHORT;
 static char	*mediumVersion = VIM_VERSION_MEDIUM;
 
-#if defined(HAVE_DATE_TIME) || defined(PROTO)
-# if (defined(VMS) && defined(VAXC)) || defined(PROTO)
-char	longVersion[sizeof(VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE) + sizeof(__DATE__)
-						      + sizeof(__TIME__) + 3];
-
-    void
-init_longVersion(void)
-{
-    /*
-     * Construct the long version string.  Necessary because
-     * VAX C can't catenate strings in the preprocessor.
-     */
-    strcpy(longVersion, VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE);
-    strcat(longVersion, __DATE__);
-    strcat(longVersion, " ");
-    strcat(longVersion, __TIME__);
-    strcat(longVersion, ")");
-}
-
-# else
-    void
-init_longVersion(void)
-{
-    char *date_time = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
-    char *msg = _("%s (%s, compiled %s)");
-    size_t len = strlen(msg)
-		+ strlen(VIM_VERSION_LONG_ONLY)
-		+ strlen(VIM_VERSION_DATE_ONLY)
-		+ strlen(date_time);
-
-    longVersion = (char *)alloc((unsigned)len);
-    if (longVersion == NULL)
-	longVersion = VIM_VERSION_LONG;
-    else
-	vim_snprintf(longVersion, len, msg,
-		      VIM_VERSION_LONG_ONLY, VIM_VERSION_DATE_ONLY, date_time);
-}
-# endif
-#else
 char	*longVersion = VIM_VERSION_LONG;
 
     void
@@ -77,7 +38,6 @@
 {
     // nothing to do
 }
-#endif
 
 static void list_features(void);