diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 38f3e3b00c6d8..d4178963f8691 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1028,37 +1028,6 @@ if [ -n "$CFG_ENABLE_CLANG" ]
 then
     case "$CC" in
         (''|*clang)
-        CFG_CLANG_REPORTED_VERSION=$($CFG_CC --version | grep version)
-
-        if echo $CFG_CLANG_REPORTED_VERSION | grep -q "(based on LLVM "; then
-            CFG_CLANG_VERSION=$(echo $CFG_CLANG_REPORTED_VERSION | sed 's/.*(based on LLVM \(.*\))/\1/')
-        elif echo $CFG_CLANG_REPORTED_VERSION | grep -q "Apple LLVM"; then
-            CFG_OSX_CLANG_VERSION=$(echo $CFG_CLANG_REPORTED_VERSION | sed 's/.*version \(.*\) .*/\1/')
-        else
-            CFG_CLANG_VERSION=$(echo $CFG_CLANG_REPORTED_VERSION | sed 's/.*version \(.*\) .*/\1/')
-        fi
-
-        if [ -n "$CFG_OSX_CLANG_VERSION" ]
-        then
-            case $CFG_OSX_CLANG_VERSION in
-                (7.0* | 7.1* | 7.2* | 7.3*)
-                step_msg "found ok version of APPLE CLANG: $CFG_OSX_CLANG_VERSION"
-                ;;
-                (*)
-                err "bad APPLE CLANG version: $CFG_OSX_CLANG_VERSION, need >=7.0"
-                ;;
-            esac
-        else
-            case $CFG_CLANG_VERSION in
-                (3.2* | 3.3* | 3.4* | 3.5* | 3.6* | 3.7* | 3.8* | 3.9*)
-                step_msg "found ok version of CLANG: $CFG_CLANG_VERSION"
-                ;;
-                (*)
-                err "bad CLANG version: $CFG_CLANG_VERSION, need >=3.0svn"
-                ;;
-            esac
-        fi
-
         if [ -z "$CC" ]
         then
             CFG_CC="clang"
diff --git a/mk/main.mk b/mk/main.mk
index 3e02bbaedb097..086487578122c 100644
--- a/mk/main.mk
+++ b/mk/main.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CFG_RELEASE_NUM=1.10.0
 # An optional number to put after the label, e.g. '.2' -> '-beta.2'
 # NB Make sure it starts with a dot to conform to semver pre-release
 # versions (section 9)
-CFG_PRERELEASE_VERSION=.2
+CFG_PRERELEASE_VERSION=.3
 
 # Append a version-dependent hash to each library, so we can install different
 # versions in the same place