diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5ef610d28..be092c06e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ define(ver_micro, m4_esyscmd([
 	GITREV=$(git rev-list $GITTAG..HEAD --count);
 	printf "$GITREV"
 ]))
-define(neutrino_rel_cycle, ver_major.ver_minor)
+define(rel_cycle, "ver_major.0")
 
 AC_INIT(NI-Neutrino, ver_major.ver_minor.ver_micro)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([nostdinc foreign])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES])
 
-AC_DEFINE(RELEASE_CYCLE, "ver_major.0", [Release cycle information; used in update code; only relevant for flash image releases ])
-
 AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR, ver_major, [Major version number])
 AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR, ver_minor, [Minor version number])
 AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO, ver_micro, [Micro version number])
-AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_NEUTRINO_REL_CYCLE, neutrino_rel_cycle, [Neutrino release cycle])
+AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_RELEASE_CYCLE, rel_cycle, [Release cycle information; used in update code; only relevant for flash image releases ])
 
 TUXBOX_APPS
 TUXBOX_APPS_DIRECTORY
diff --git a/src/gui/update.cpp b/src/gui/update.cpp
index 19847aec2..671a2d713 100644
--- a/src/gui/update.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/update.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ bool CFlashUpdate::checkVersion4Update()
 
 		if (gotImage)
 		{
-			if ((strncmp(RELEASE_CYCLE, versionInfo->getReleaseCycle(), 2) != 0) &&
+			if ((strncmp(PACKAGE_RELEASE_CYCLE, versionInfo->getReleaseCycle(), 2) != 0) &&
 			    (ShowMsg(LOCALE_MESSAGEBOX_INFO, LOCALE_FLASHUPDATE_WRONGBASE, CMsgBox::mbrYes, CMsgBox::mbYes | CMsgBox::mbNo, NEUTRINO_ICON_UPDATE) != CMsgBox::mbrYes))
 			{
 				delete versionInfo;
diff --git a/src/system/flashtool.cpp b/src/system/flashtool.cpp
index 641ac6235..e913930e8 100644
--- a/src/system/flashtool.cpp
+++ b/src/system/flashtool.cpp
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ CFlashVersionInfo::CFlashVersionInfo(const std::string & _versionString)
 	snapshot = versionString[0];
 
 	// recover release cycle version
-	// will be compared with RELEASE_CYCLE, which is defined in configure.ac as "x.0"
+	// will be compared with PACKAGE_RELEASE_CYCLE, which is defined in configure.ac as "x.0"
 	releaseCycle[0] = versionString[1];
 	releaseCycle[1] = '.';
 	releaseCycle[2] = '0';