diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon
index 599c892bf..a5fb384cf 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ OP_SYS_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing
 CODE_CXXFLAGS_OLD = -fno-implicit-templates
 CODE_CXXFLAGS = $(CODE_CXXFLAGS_$(VX_OLD_GCC))
 
+# WIND_BASE is where you installed the Wind River software.
+WIND_BASE = /afs/psi.ch/project/vxworks/VxWorks$(VXWORKS_VERSION)
+
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # Modules we cannot build with old compiler
 
@@ -54,23 +57,3 @@ SKIP_BUILDS_OLD = $(PV_MODULES)
 SKIP_BUILDS_6 = $(SKIP_BUILDS_$(VX_OLD_GCC))
 SKIP_BUILDS = $(SKIP_BUILDS_$(VXWORKS_MAJOR_VERSION))
 
-#############
-
-# Compiler options can vary with the vxWorks version number, so we
-# need to know that.  Do not include any third-level digits.
-
-# Note: vxWorks 5.4.x and 5.5.x (Tornado 2.x) are not supported.
-# VxWorks 6.0 through 6.5 use older, untested versions of GCC.
-
-#VXWORKS_VERSION = 6.6
-#VXWORKS_VERSION = 6.7
-#VXWORKS_VERSION = 6.8
-VXWORKS_VERSION = 6.9
-
-
-# Sites may override the following path for a particular host
-# architecture by adding it to an appropriate
-# CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).vxWorksCommon file.
-
-# WIND_BASE is where you installed the Wind River software.
-WIND_BASE = /afs/psi.ch/project/vxworks/VxWorks$(VXWORKS_VERSION)