diff --git a/fips/fips_locl.h b/fips/fips_locl.h
index b3618a57de..6efa93194e 100644
--- a/fips/fips_locl.h
+++ b/fips/fips_locl.h
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ int fips_post_failed(int id, int subid, void *ex);
 int fips_post_corrupt(int id, int subid, void *ex);
 int fips_post_status(void);
 
-#define FIPS_MODULE_VERSION_NUMBER	0x20000008L
-#define FIPS_MODULE_VERSION_TEXT	"FIPS 2.0-rc8 unvalidated test module xx XXX xxxx"
+#define FIPS_MODULE_VERSION_NUMBER	0x20000009L
+#define FIPS_MODULE_VERSION_TEXT	"FIPS 2.0-rc9 unvalidated test module xx XXX xxxx"
 
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/util/fipslink.pl b/util/fipslink.pl
index fd8b52ea0d..4f47efa39c 100644
--- a/util/fipslink.pl
+++ b/util/fipslink.pl
@@ -57,16 +57,6 @@ print "$fips_cc -DHMAC_SHA1_SIG=\\\"$fips_hash\\\" $fips_cc_args $fips_libdir/fi
 system "$fips_cc -DHMAC_SHA1_SIG=\\\"$fips_hash\\\" $fips_cc_args $fips_libdir/fips_premain.c";
 die "Second stage Compile failure" if $? != 0;
 
-my $delcnt = 0;
-# On windows the previous file doesn't always close straight away
-# so retry an unlink operation a few times if it fails.
-while (!unlink($fips_target))
-        {
-        sleep 2;
-        die "Can't delete $fips_target" if ($delcnt++ > 10);
-        }
-
-
 print "$fips_link @ARGV\n";
 system "$fips_link @ARGV";
 die "Second stage Link failure" if $? != 0;