Index: ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas
===================================================================
--- ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas	(revision 38375)
+++ ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas	(working copy)
@@ -1986,7 +1986,6 @@
   dlgShowDebugInfo = 'Show debug info';
   dlgShowUsedFiles = 'Show used files';
   dlgShowTriedFiles = 'Show tried files';
-  dlgShowDefinedMacros = 'Show defined macros';
   dlgShowCompiledProcedures = 'Show compiled procedures';
   dlgShowConditionals = 'Show conditionals';
   dlgShowExecutableInfo = 'Show executable info (Win32 only)';
Index: ide/frames/compiler_verbosity_options.pas
===================================================================
--- ide/frames/compiler_verbosity_options.pas	(revision 38375)
+++ ide/frames/compiler_verbosity_options.pas	(working copy)
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     Items.Add(dlgShowHint + ' (-vh)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowTriedFiles + ' (-vt)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowGeneralInfo + ' (-vi)');
-    Items.Add(dlgShowDefinedMacros + ' (-vm)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowCompilingLineNumbers + ' (-vl)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowCompiledProcedures + ' (-vp)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowProcsError + ' (-vb)');
@@ -82,17 +81,17 @@
     Checked[6] := ShowHints;
     Checked[7] := ShowTriedFiles;
     Checked[8] := ShowGenInfo;
-    Checked[9] := ShowDefMacros;
-    Checked[10] := ShowLineNum;
-    Checked[11] := ShowCompProc;
-    Checked[12] := ShowAllProcsOnError;
-    Checked[13] := ShowCond;
-    Checked[14] := ShowAll;
-    Checked[15] := ShowExecInfo;
-    Checked[16] := ShowSummary;
-    Checked[17] := ShowNothing;
-    Checked[18] := ShowHintsForUnusedUnitsInMainSrc;
-    Checked[19] := WriteFPCLogo;
+    Checked[9] := ShowLineNum;
+    Checked[10] := ShowCompProc;
+    Checked[11] := ShowAllProcsOnError;
+    Checked[12] := ShowCond;
+    Checked[13] := ShowAll;
+    Checked[14] := ShowExecInfo;
+    Checked[15] := ShowSummary;
+    Checked[16] := ShowNothing;
+    Checked[17] := ShowHintsForUnusedUnitsInMainSrc;
+    Checked[18] := WriteFPCLogo;
+    // Ignore ShowDefMacros from any previous Laz version; that option wrongly ran -vm
 
     edtErrorCnt.Text := IntToStr(StopAfterErrCount);
   end;
@@ -111,17 +110,16 @@
     ShowHints := Checked[6];
     ShowTriedFiles := Checked[7];
     ShowGenInfo := Checked[8];
-    ShowDefMacros := Checked[9];
-    ShowLineNum := Checked[10];
-    ShowCompProc := Checked[11];
-    ShowAllProcsOnError := Checked[12];
-    ShowCond := Checked[13];
-    ShowAll := Checked[14];
-    ShowExecInfo := Checked[15];
-    ShowSummary := Checked[16];
-    ShowNothing := Checked[17];
-    ShowHintsForUnusedUnitsInMainSrc := Checked[18];
-    WriteFPCLogo := Checked[19];
+    ShowLineNum := Checked[9];
+    ShowCompProc := Checked[10];
+    ShowAllProcsOnError := Checked[11];
+    ShowCond := Checked[12];
+    ShowAll := Checked[13];
+    ShowExecInfo := Checked[14];
+    ShowSummary := Checked[15];
+    ShowNothing := Checked[16];
+    ShowHintsForUnusedUnitsInMainSrc := Checked[17];
+    WriteFPCLogo := Checked[18];
     StopAfterErrCount := StrToIntDef(edtErrorCnt.Text, 1);
   end;
 end;