--- a/src/pycurl.c	2014-02-06 10:27:56.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/pycurl.c	2014-05-20 16:09:57.513592172 +0200
@@ -4440,6 +4440,7 @@
     const char *libcurl_version, *runtime_ssl_lib;
     int libcurl_version_len, pycurl_version_len;
 
+#if 0
     /* Check the version, as this has caused nasty problems in
      * some cases. */
     vi = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
@@ -4451,6 +4452,7 @@
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_ImportError, "pycurl: libcurl link-time version (%s) is older than compile-time version (%s)", vi->version, LIBCURL_VERSION);
         PYCURL_MODINIT_RETURN_NULL;
     }
+#endif
     
     /* Our compiled crypto locks should correspond to runtime ssl library. */
     if (vi->ssl_version == NULL) {
@@ -4526,7 +4528,7 @@
 #undef PYCURL_VERSION_PREFIX_SIZE
     
     insobj2(d, NULL, "version", PyText_FromString(g_pycurl_useragent));
-    insstr(d, "COMPILE_DATE", __DATE__ " " __TIME__);
+    //insstr(d, "COMPILE_DATE", __DATE__ " " __TIME__);
     insint(d, "COMPILE_PY_VERSION_HEX", PY_VERSION_HEX);
     insint(d, "COMPILE_LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM", LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM);