diff --git a/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/dev_APPNAME_Version.c b/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/dev_APPNAME_Version.c
index 4f2c28f67..b998e6db3 100644
--- a/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/dev_APPNAME_Version.c
+++ b/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/dev_APPNAME_Version.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /* must be last include */
 #include "epicsExport.h"
 
-const char const version[] = _APPNAME_VERSION;
+const char version[] = _APPNAME_VERSION;
 
 static long read_string(lsiRecord *prec)
 {