diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index ebb747a1a7cad67a7ab6a11a70928480a5706f8d..2608bceb3da664e43f8b3dcd20012e7074d88ff7 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ struct SwsContext *sws_opts;
 AVDictionary *swr_opts;
 AVDictionary *format_opts, *codec_opts, *resample_opts;
 
-const int this_year = CONFIG_THIS_YEAR;
-
 static FILE *report_file;
 
 void init_opts(void)
@@ -1072,7 +1070,7 @@ static void print_program_info(int flags, int level)
     av_log(NULL, level, "%s version " FFMPEG_VERSION, program_name);
     if (flags & SHOW_COPYRIGHT)
         av_log(NULL, level, " Copyright (c) %d-%d the FFmpeg developers",
-               program_birth_year, this_year);
+               program_birth_year, CONFIG_THIS_YEAR);
     av_log(NULL, level, "\n");
     av_log(NULL, level, "%sbuilt on %s %s with %s\n",
            indent, __DATE__, __TIME__, CC_IDENT);
diff --git a/cmdutils.h b/cmdutils.h
index ce6660aa4cb4e64b5178ad58433c24032c0fe840..b814961011f60c9144b9b34d4b6211bf9acf4e31 100644
--- a/cmdutils.h
+++ b/cmdutils.h
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ extern const char program_name[];
  */
 extern const int program_birth_year;
 
-/**
- * this year, defined by the program for show_banner()
- */
-extern const int this_year;
-
 extern AVCodecContext *avcodec_opts[AVMEDIA_TYPE_NB];
 extern AVFormatContext *avformat_opts;
 extern struct SwsContext *sws_opts;
diff --git a/ffprobe.c b/ffprobe.c
index 1842452195ce046e3d23dbe16fa7c2c7cce1e61e..d124d4eb012ad4ddf85f665d64a012147cc0e158 100644
--- a/ffprobe.c
+++ b/ffprobe.c
@@ -2422,7 +2422,7 @@ static void ffprobe_show_program_version(WriterContext *w)
     writer_print_section_header(w, SECTION_ID_PROGRAM_VERSION);
     print_str("version", FFMPEG_VERSION);
     print_fmt("copyright", "Copyright (c) %d-%d the FFmpeg developers",
-              program_birth_year, this_year);
+              program_birth_year, CONFIG_THIS_YEAR);
     print_str("build_date", __DATE__);
     print_str("build_time", __TIME__);
     print_str("compiler_ident", CC_IDENT);