diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index a5717e7a..b1539ce2 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -144,77 +144,6 @@ const string engine_info(bool to_uci) {
 }
 
 
-/// compiler_info() returns a string trying to describe the compiler we use
-
-const std::string compiler_info() {
-
-  #define STRINGIFY2(x) #x
-  #define STRINGIFY(x) STRINGIFY2(x)
-  #define VER_STRING(major, minor, patch) STRINGIFY(major) "." STRINGIFY(minor) "." STRINGIFY(patch)
-
-/// Predefined macros hell:
-///
-/// __GNUC__           Compiler is gcc, Clang or Intel on Linux
-/// __INTEL_COMPILER   Compiler is Intel
-/// _MSC_VER           Compiler is MSVC or Intel on Windows
-/// _WIN32             Building on Windows (any)
-/// _WIN64             Building on Windows 64 bit
-
-  std::string compiler = "\nCompiled by ";
-
-  #ifdef __clang__
-     compiler += "clang++ ";
-     compiler += VER_STRING(__clang_major__, __clang_minor__, __clang_patchlevel__);
-  #elif __INTEL_COMPILER
-     compiler += "Intel compiler ";
-     compiler += "(version ";
-     compiler += STRINGIFY(__INTEL_COMPILER) " update " STRINGIFY(__INTEL_COMPILER_UPDATE);
-     compiler += ")";
-  #elif _MSC_VER
-     compiler += "MSVC ";
-     compiler += "(version ";
-     compiler += STRINGIFY(_MSC_FULL_VER) "." STRINGIFY(_MSC_BUILD);
-     compiler += ")";
-  #elif __GNUC__
-     compiler += "g++ (GNUC) ";
-     compiler += VER_STRING(__GNUC__, __GNUC_MINOR__, __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__);
-  #else
-     compiler += "Unknown compiler ";
-     compiler += "(unknown version)";
-  #endif
-
-  #if defined(__APPLE__) 
-     compiler += " on Apple";
-  #elif defined(__CYGWIN__)
-     compiler += " on Cygwin";
-  #elif defined(__MINGW64__)
-     compiler += " on MinGW64";
-  #elif defined(__MINGW32__)
-     compiler += " on MinGW32";
-  #elif defined(__ANDROID__)
-     compiler += " on Android";
-  #elif defined(__linux__)
-     compiler += " on Linux";
-  #elif defined(_WIN64)
-     compiler += " on Microsoft Windows 64-bit";
-  #elif defined(_WIN32)
-     compiler += " on Microsoft Windows 32-bit";
-  #else
-     compiler += " on unknown system";
-  #endif
-
-  compiler += "\n __VERSION__ macro expands to: ";
-  #ifdef __VERSION__
-     compiler += __VERSION__;
-  #else
-     compiler += "(undefined macro)";
-  #endif
-  compiler += "\n";
-
-  return compiler;
-}
-
-
 /// Debug functions used mainly to collect run-time statistics
 static std::atomic<int64_t> hits[2], means[2];
 
diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index 0efdd562..ddd05e4e 100644
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "types.h"
 
 const std::string engine_info(bool to_uci = false);
-const std::string compiler_info();
 void prefetch(void* addr);
 void start_logger(const std::string& fname);
 
diff --git a/src/uci.cpp b/src/uci.cpp
index 6e560572..a4235f2b 100644
--- a/src/uci.cpp
+++ b/src/uci.cpp
@@ -230,11 +230,10 @@ void UCI::loop(int argc, char* argv[]) {
       else if (token == "isready")    sync_cout << "readyok" << sync_endl;
 
       // Additional custom non-UCI commands, mainly for debugging
-      else if (token == "flip")     pos.flip();
-      else if (token == "bench")    bench(pos, is, states);
-      else if (token == "d")        sync_cout << pos << sync_endl;
-      else if (token == "eval")     sync_cout << Eval::trace(pos) << sync_endl;
-      else if (token == "compiler") sync_cout << compiler_info() << sync_endl;
+      else if (token == "flip")  pos.flip();
+      else if (token == "bench") bench(pos, is, states);
+      else if (token == "d")     sync_cout << pos << sync_endl;
+      else if (token == "eval")  sync_cout << Eval::trace(pos) << sync_endl;
       else
           sync_cout << "Unknown command: " << cmd << sync_endl;