diff --git a/include/extern.h b/include/extern.h
index 6f355fa07..ce0b42008 100644
--- a/include/extern.h
+++ b/include/extern.h
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ E unsigned long NDECL(get_current_feature_ver);
 E const char *FDECL(copyright_banner_line, (int));
 
 #ifdef RUNTIME_PORT_ID
-E void FDECL(append_port_id, (char *));
+E char *FDECL(get_port_id, (char *));
 #endif
 
 /* ### video.c ### */
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4567e30d7..19f74c265 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include "patchlevel.h"
 #endif
 
-#define BETA_INFO ""
-
 STATIC_DCL void FDECL(insert_rtoption, (char *));
 
 /* fill buffer with short version (so caller can avoid including date.h) */
@@ -32,13 +30,26 @@ char *
 getversionstring(buf)
 char *buf;
 {
+    int details = 0;
+
     Strcpy(buf, VERSION_ID);
-#if defined(BETA) && defined(BETA_INFO)
-    Sprintf(eos(buf), " %s", BETA_INFO);
-#endif
 #if defined(RUNTIME_PORT_ID)
-    append_port_id(buf);
+    details++;
 #endif
+
+    if (details) {
+        int c = 0;
+        char tmpbuf[BUFSZ];
+        char *tmp = (char *)0;
+
+        Sprintf(eos(buf), " (");
+#if defined(RUNTIME_PORT_ID)
+        tmp = get_port_id(tmpbuf);        
+        if (tmp)
+            Sprintf(eos(buf), "%s%s", c++ ? "," : "", tmp);
+#endif
+        Sprintf(eos(buf), ")");
+    }
     return buf;
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/winnt/winnt.c b/sys/winnt/winnt.c
index 892744432..842bfd036 100644
--- a/sys/winnt/winnt.c
+++ b/sys/winnt/winnt.c
@@ -326,23 +326,23 @@ int interjection_type;
  */
 #ifndef _M_IX86
 #ifdef _M_X64
-#define TARGET_PORT "(x64) "
+#define TARGET_PORT "x64"
 #endif
 #ifdef _M_IA64
-#define TARGET_PORT "(IA64) "
+#define TARGET_PORT "IA64"
 #endif
 #endif
 
 #ifndef TARGET_PORT
-#define TARGET_PORT "(x86) "
+#define TARGET_PORT "x86"
 #endif
 
-void
-append_port_id(buf)
+char *
+get_port_id(buf)
 char *buf;
 {
-    char *portstr = TARGET_PORT;
-    Sprintf(eos(buf), " %s", portstr);
+    Strcpy(buf, TARGET_PORT);
+    return buf;
 }
 #endif /* RUNTIME_PORT_ID */