diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index d4a80a8c3..a4bf74956 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -5902,7 +5902,7 @@ namespace Game {
 		if (haveSpecialOutputCommandLineOption == false ||
 			hasCommandArgument(argc, argv,
 				GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_VERSION]) == true) {
-			//              printf("Compiled using: %s on: %s platform: %s endianness: %s",getCompilerNameString().c_str(),getCompileDateTime().c_str(),getPlatformNameString().c_str(),(::Shared::PlatformByteOrder::isBigEndian() == true ? "big" : "little"));
+			printf("%s\n", GameVersionString.c_str());
 			printf("Compiled using: %s platform: %s endianness: %s",
 				getCompilerNameString().c_str(),
 				getPlatformNameString().c_str(),
@@ -5985,8 +5985,6 @@ namespace Game {
 					SwitchSetupRequest().getDataSize());
 			}
 
-			printf("\nversion: [%s]", GameVersionString.c_str());
-
 #ifdef USE_STREFLOP
 
 #   if defined(STREFLOP_SSE)
diff --git a/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp b/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp
index 5b7e9189e..a648009a9 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp
@@ -1257,10 +1257,6 @@ namespace Game {
 				needUpdateFromServer = false;
 
 				if (announcementLoaded == false) {
-					consoleIRC.
-						addLine("---------------------------------------------");
-					consoleIRC.
-						addLine("---------------------------------------------");
 					// write hint to console:
 					Config & configKeys =
 						Config::getInstance(std::pair < ConfigType,