diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 686db86f..816a8299 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -1783,27 +1783,15 @@ read_response_body (struct http_stat *hs, int sock, FILE *fp, wgint contlen,
    && (c_isspace (line[sizeof (string_constant) - 1])                      \
        || !line[sizeof (string_constant) - 1]))
 
-#ifdef __VMS
 #define SET_USER_AGENT(req) do {                                         \
   if (!opt.useragent)                                                    \
     request_set_header (req, "User-Agent",                               \
-                        aprintf ("Wget/%s (VMS %s %s)",                  \
-                        version_string, vms_arch(), vms_vers()),         \
+                        aprintf ("Wget/%s",                              \
+                        version_string),                                 \
                         rel_value);                                      \
   else if (*opt.useragent)                                               \
     request_set_header (req, "User-Agent", opt.useragent, rel_none);     \
 } while (0)
-#else /* def __VMS */
-#define SET_USER_AGENT(req) do {                                         \
-  if (!opt.useragent)                                                    \
-    request_set_header (req, "User-Agent",                               \
-                        aprintf ("Wget/%s (%s)",                         \
-                        version_string, OS_TYPE),                        \
-                        rel_value);                                      \
-  else if (*opt.useragent)                                               \
-    request_set_header (req, "User-Agent", opt.useragent, rel_none);     \
-} while (0)
-#endif /* def __VMS [else] */
 
 /*
    Convert time_t to one of valid HTTP date formats