diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index 864693c826d312860c4728ad09380804f21305e8..115664fa8ac28dc49a2b8fc76fdee92dfb577730 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -5607,7 +5607,6 @@ __:
 	@echo "python3_BASEMODLIBS='$(BASEMODLIBS)'"
 	@echo "python3_LIBS='$(LIBS)'"
 	@echo "python3_SYSLIBS='$(SYSLIBS)'"
-	@echo "python3_LINKFORSHARED='$(LINKFORSHARED)'"
 	@echo "python3_INSTSONAME='$(INSTSONAME)'"
 eof
                     eval "`cd ${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} && make -f "${tmp_mkf}" __ | sed '/ directory /d'`"
@@ -5624,7 +5623,7 @@ fi
       if test "${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}" = "${vi_cv_path_python3_epfx}"; then
         PYTHON3_CFLAGS="-I${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -DPYTHON3_HOME=L\\\"${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}\\\""
       else
-        PYTHON3_CFLAGS="-I${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -I${vi_cv_path_python3_epfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version} -DPYTHON3_HOME=L\\\"${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}\\\""
+        PYTHON3_CFLAGS="-I${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -I${vi_cv_path_python3_epfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -DPYTHON3_HOME=L\\\"${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}\\\""
       fi
       PYTHON3_SRC="if_python3.c"
             if test "x$MACOSX" = "xyes"; then
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index a5f29f2139639592335733c7d88954d3120c025b..173818805a0704efb153f1c87368146dce5dd05c 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -1063,7 +1063,6 @@ __:
 	@echo "python3_BASEMODLIBS='$(BASEMODLIBS)'"
 	@echo "python3_LIBS='$(LIBS)'"
 	@echo "python3_SYSLIBS='$(SYSLIBS)'"
-	@echo "python3_LINKFORSHARED='$(LINKFORSHARED)'"
 	@echo "python3_INSTSONAME='$(INSTSONAME)'"
 eof
           dnl -- delete the lines from make about Entering/Leaving directory
@@ -1080,7 +1079,7 @@ eof
       if test "${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}" = "${vi_cv_path_python3_epfx}"; then
         PYTHON3_CFLAGS="-I${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -DPYTHON3_HOME=L\\\"${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}\\\""
       else
-        PYTHON3_CFLAGS="-I${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -I${vi_cv_path_python3_epfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version} -DPYTHON3_HOME=L\\\"${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}\\\""
+        PYTHON3_CFLAGS="-I${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -I${vi_cv_path_python3_epfx}/include/python${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags} -DPYTHON3_HOME=L\\\"${vi_cv_path_python3_pfx}\\\""
       fi
       PYTHON3_SRC="if_python3.c"
       dnl For Mac OSX 10.2 config.o is included in the Python library.
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index f37599b76fa598e0740d4cd586c5e9053bc62798..66b1fe9fe9fe8ed51ccb60cc3ba5fcad0e456d89 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    218,
 /**/
     217,
 /**/