diff --git a/version.c b/version.c
index ec0dee91f0..c5b70b13a7 100644
--- a/version.c
+++ b/version.c
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ const char ruby_version[] = RUBY_VERSION;
 const char ruby_release_date[] = RUBY_RELEASE_DATE;
 const char ruby_platform[] = RUBY_PLATFORM;
 const int ruby_patchlevel = RUBY_PATCHLEVEL;
-const char ruby_description[] = RUBY_DESCRIPTION;
-const char ruby_description_with_jit[] = RUBY_DESCRIPTION_WITH_JIT;
+const char ruby_description[] = RUBY_DESCRIPTION_WITH("");
+const char ruby_description_with_jit[] = RUBY_DESCRIPTION_WITH(" +JIT");
 const char ruby_copyright[] = RUBY_COPYRIGHT;
 const char ruby_engine[] = "ruby";
 
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index bc536081b2..df5cace413 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -60,17 +60,11 @@
 # define RUBY_REVISION_STR ""
 #endif
 
-# define RUBY_DESCRIPTION	    \
+# define RUBY_DESCRIPTION_WITH(opt) \
     "ruby "RUBY_VERSION		    \
     RUBY_PATCHLEVEL_STR		    \
     " ("RUBY_RELEASE_DATE	    \
-    RUBY_REVISION_STR") "	    \
-    "["RUBY_PLATFORM"]"
-# define RUBY_DESCRIPTION_WITH_JIT  \
-    "ruby "RUBY_VERSION             \
-    RUBY_PATCHLEVEL_STR             \
-    " ("RUBY_RELEASE_DATE           \
-    RUBY_REVISION_STR") +JIT "      \
+    RUBY_REVISION_STR")"opt" "	    \
     "["RUBY_PLATFORM"]"
 # define RUBY_COPYRIGHT		    \
     "ruby - Copyright (C) "	    \