diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index ca9558cabbcd1580c5436d81d8a782b39672ee50..c0aa320d97a990e293d1a1a1cad0399007547a25 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 /lmp_*
 
 /style_*.h
-/lmpcompiledate.h
 /lmpinstalledpkgs.h
 
 /*_gpu.h
diff --git a/src/Make.sh b/src/Make.sh
index ce64001a1e77fe12f6f371e32aaf45af9587b7f8..83880780ecf30117dcdc98cd779d0b9cc4a6eefc 100755
--- a/src/Make.sh
+++ b/src/Make.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Make.sh = update Makefile.lib, Makefile.shlib, Makefile.list 
 #           or style_*.h files
 # Syntax: sh Make.sh style
-#         sh Make.sh date
 #         sh Make.sh Makefile.lib
 #         sh Make.sh Makefile.shlib
 #         sh Make.sh Makefile.list
@@ -56,10 +55,6 @@ style () {
   fi
 }
 
-if (test $1 = "date") then
-  echo "static const char lammps_compile_date[] = \"`date`\";" > lmpcompiledate.h
-fi
-
 # create individual style files
 # called by "make machine"
 # col 1 = string to search for
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 8baf07266aa6eb2764322f2a652b210ac5f30c2d..2504a49ad4993e26291b2758b48253b093a896c3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OBJDIR =   Obj_$@
 OBJSHDIR = Obj_shared_$@
 
 SRC =	$(wildcard *.cpp)
-INC =	$(wildcard *.h)
+INC =	$(filter-out lmpinstalledpkgs.h,$(wildcard *.h))
 OBJ = 	$(SRC:.cpp=.o)
 
 SRCLIB = $(filter-out main.cpp,$(SRC))
@@ -150,6 +150,18 @@ help:
 	  for file in $$files; do head -1 $$file; done
 	@echo ''
 
+
+lmpinstalledpkgs.h: $(SRC) $(INC)
+	@echo 'Gathering installed package information (may take a little while)'
+	@echo 'static const char lammps_installed_packages[] = ' > lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp
+	@for p in $(PACKAGEUC) $(PACKUSERUC); do info=$$($(SHELL) Package.sh $$p installed); \
+             [ -n "$$info" ] && echo "\"$$info\"" | sed -e 's/".*package/"/' >> lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp || :; done
+	@echo ';' >> lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp
+	@if [ -f lmpinstalledpkgs.h ]; \
+          then test "`diff --brief lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp lmpinstalledpkgs.h`" != "" && \
+	        mv lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp lmpinstalledpkgs.h || rm lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp ; \
+        else mv lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp lmpinstalledpkgs.h ; fi
+
 # Build LAMMPS in one of 4 modes
 # exe =   exe with static compile in Obj_machine (default)
 # shexe = exe with shared compile in Obj_shared_machine
@@ -163,17 +175,7 @@ help:
 	  -f MAKE/MACHINES/Makefile.$@ -o -f MAKE/MINE/Makefile.$@
 	@if [ ! -d $(objdir) ]; then mkdir $(objdir); fi
 	@$(SHELL) Make.sh style
-	@$(SHELL) Make.sh date
-	@echo 'Gathering installed package information'
-	@echo 'static const char lammps_installed_packages[] = ' > lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp
-	@for p in $(PACKAGEUC) $(PACKUSERUC); do echo -n '.'; info=$$($(SHELL) Package.sh $$p installed); \
-             [ -n "$$info" ] && echo "\"$$info\"" | sed -e 's/".*package/"/' >> lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp || :; done
-	@echo ';' >> lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp
-	@echo
-	@if [ -f lmpinstalledpkgs.h ]; \
-          then test "`diff --brief lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp lmpinstalledpkgs.h`" != "" && \
-	        mv lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp lmpinstalledpkgs.h || rm lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp ; \
-        else mv lmpinstalledpkgs.tmp lmpinstalledpkgs.h ; fi
+	@$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) lmpinstalledpkgs.h
 	@echo 'Compiling LAMMPS for machine $@'
 	@if [ -f MAKE/MACHINES/Makefile.$@ ]; \
 	  then cp MAKE/MACHINES/Makefile.$@ $(objdir)/Makefile; fi
diff --git a/src/lammps.cpp b/src/lammps.cpp
index 64c6e4d751985d07955ea91dc2336ce423793e2a..271ccb4ae970e541046e05237a9bc6be336650dc 100644
--- a/src/lammps.cpp
+++ b/src/lammps.cpp
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ void print_style(FILE *fp, const char *str, int &pos)
 
 static const char lammps_config_options[]
 = "LAMMPS compile time settings:\n\n"
-  "MPI library setting:       "
+  "MPI library setting         : "
 #if defined(MPI_STUBS)
   "Serial version using STUBS"
 #elif defined(MPICH_VERSION)
@@ -996,31 +996,31 @@ static const char lammps_config_options[]
 #else
  "Parallel version using unknown MPI library"
 #endif
-  "\nInteger sizes setting:    "
+  "\nInteger sizes setting       : "
 #if defined(LAMMPS_SMALLSMALL)
-  " -DLAMMPS_SMALLSMALL"
+  "-DLAMMPS_SMALLSMALL"
 #elif defined(LAMMPS_SMALLBIG)
-  " -DLAMMPS_SMALLBIG"
+  "-DLAMMPS_SMALLBIG"
 #elif defined(LAMMPS_BIGBIG)
-  " -DLAMMPS_BIGBIG"
+  "-DLAMMPS_BIGBIG"
 #else
-  " (unkown)"
+  "(unkown)"
 #endif
-  "\nExternal commands support:"
+  "\nExternal commands support   :"
 #if defined(LAMMPS_GZIP)
   " -DLAMMPS_GZIP"
 #endif
 #if defined(LAMMPS_FFMPEG)
   " -DLAMMPS_FFMPEG"
 #endif
-  "\nImage library support:    "
+  "\nImage library support       :"
 #if defined(LAMMPS_JPEG)
   " -DLAMMPS_JPEG"
 #endif
 #if defined(LAMMPS_PNG)
   " -DLAMMPS_PNG"
 #endif
-  "\nFFT library support:      "
+  "\nFFT library support         :"
 #if defined(FFT_SINGLE)
   " -DFFT_SINGLE"
 #endif
@@ -1033,14 +1033,14 @@ static const char lammps_config_options[]
 #else
   " -DFFT_KISSFFT"
 #endif
-  "\nMemory alignment:         "
+  "\nMemory alignment            :"
 #if defined(LAMMPS_MEMALIGN)
   " -DLAMMPS_MEMALIGN=" lmp_xstr(LAMMPS_MEMALIGN)
 #else
   " (default)"
 #endif
 
-  "\nException support:        "
+  "\nException support           :"
 #if defined(LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS)
   " -DLAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS\n"
 #else
@@ -1048,12 +1048,10 @@ static const char lammps_config_options[]
 #endif
   "\n";
 
-#include "lmpcompiledate.h"
 #include "lmpinstalledpkgs.h"
 
 void LAMMPS::print_config(FILE *fp)
 {
-  fprintf(fp,"LAMMPS compiled on: %s\n\n",lammps_compile_date);
   fputs(lammps_config_options,fp);
   fprintf(fp,"Installed packages:%s\n\n",lammps_installed_packages);
 }