diff --git a/SCons/config.py b/SCons/config.py
index 847e34cb..42c60e6d 100644
--- a/SCons/config.py
+++ b/SCons/config.py
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ cfg.Add(
   )
 )
 
-cfg.Add(
-  (
-    'NSIS_VARS_SECTION',
-    'defines the name of the PE section containing the runtime variables',
-    '.ndata'
-  )
-)
-
 cfg.Add(
   BoolOption(
     'NSIS_CONFIG_UNINSTALL_SUPPORT',
@@ -434,7 +426,6 @@ def AddBoolDefine(define):
 AddValuedDefine('NSIS_MAX_STRLEN')
 AddValuedDefine('NSIS_MAX_INST_TYPES')
 AddValuedDefine('NSIS_DEFAULT_LANG')
-AddValuedDefine('NSIS_VARS_SECTION')
 
 AddBoolDefine('NSIS_CONFIG_UNINSTALL_SUPPORT')
 AddBoolDefine('NSIS_CONFIG_LICENSEPAGE')
diff --git a/Source/exehead/config.h b/Source/exehead/config.h
index e0282f51..ca19974a 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/config.h
+++ b/Source/exehead/config.h
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@
 
 typedef char NSIS_STRING[NSIS_MAX_STRLEN];
 
+// I'd love to move this one to config.py, but it must have quotes for #pragma
+// and at the same time can't have quotes because the shell will kill it...
+
+#define NSIS_VARS_SECTION ".ndata"
+
 #endif//!APSTUDIO_INVOKED
 
 #endif // NSIS_CONFIG_H