diff --git a/PACKAGING.md b/PACKAGING.md
index 1dc580f5ff..065dbc3697 100644
--- a/PACKAGING.md
+++ b/PACKAGING.md
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 author = "Jane Programmer"
 maintainer = "jane@example.com"
 copyright = "2020 Jane Programmer"
-compiler = "gfortran"
 ```
 
 The preamble includes some metadata, such as `license`, `author`, and similar,
@@ -462,7 +461,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 author = "Jane Programmer"
 maintainer = "jane@example.com"
 copyright = "2020 Jane Programmer"
-compiler = "gfortran"
 
 [library]
 source-dir="src"
@@ -493,7 +491,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 author = "Jane Programmer"
 maintainer = "jane@example.com"
 copyright = "2020 Jane Programmer"
-compiler = "gfortran"
 
 [library]
 source-dir="src"
diff --git a/hello_complex/fpm.toml b/hello_complex/fpm.toml
index 8408d3abcf..d18574562c 100644
--- a/hello_complex/fpm.toml
+++ b/hello_complex/fpm.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 name = "hello_complex"
-compiler = "gfortran"
 
 [library]
 source-dir="source"
diff --git a/hello_world/fpm.toml b/hello_world/fpm.toml
index d715850f85..b80e8d15c2 100644
--- a/hello_world/fpm.toml
+++ b/hello_world/fpm.toml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 name = "hello_world"
-compiler = "gfortran"
diff --git a/src/Fpm.hs b/src/Fpm.hs
index afe9a706ee..3fdf93ef25 100644
--- a/src/Fpm.hs
+++ b/src/Fpm.hs
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ import qualified Toml
 data Arguments = Arguments { command' :: Command, release :: Bool }
 
 data TomlSettings = TomlSettings {
-      tomlSettingsCompiler :: String
-    , tomlSettingsProjectName :: String
+      tomlSettingsProjectName :: String
     , tomlSettingsLibrary :: (Maybe Library)
     , tomlSettingsExecutables :: [Executable]
     , tomlSettingsTests :: [Executable]
@@ -200,9 +199,7 @@ getDirectoriesFiles dirs exts = getDirectoryFilesIO "" newPatterns
 settingsCodec :: TomlCodec TomlSettings
 settingsCodec =
   TomlSettings
-    <$> Toml.string "compiler"
-    .=  tomlSettingsCompiler
-    <*> Toml.string "name"
+    <$> Toml.string "name"
     .=  tomlSettingsProjectName
     <*> Toml.dioptional (Toml.table libraryCodec "library")
     .=  tomlSettingsLibrary
@@ -227,16 +224,17 @@ executableCodec =
 toml2AppSettings :: TomlSettings -> Bool -> IO AppSettings
 toml2AppSettings tomlSettings release = do
   let projectName = tomlSettingsProjectName tomlSettings
+  let compiler    = "gfortran"
   librarySettings    <- getLibrarySettings $ tomlSettingsLibrary tomlSettings
   executableSettings <- getExecutableSettings
     (tomlSettingsExecutables tomlSettings)
     projectName
   testSettings <- getTestSettings $ tomlSettingsTests tomlSettings
+  buildPrefix  <- makeBuildPrefix compiler release
   return AppSettings
-    { appSettingsCompiler    = tomlSettingsCompiler tomlSettings
+    { appSettingsCompiler    = compiler
     , appSettingsProjectName = projectName
-    , appSettingsBuildPrefix = "build"
-                                 </> if release then "release" else "debug"
+    , appSettingsBuildPrefix = buildPrefix
     , appSettingsFlags       = if release
                                  then
                                    [ "-Wall"
@@ -307,3 +305,9 @@ getTestSettings [] = do
         else return []
     else return []
 getTestSettings tests = return tests
+
+makeBuildPrefix :: String -> Bool -> IO String
+makeBuildPrefix compiler release =
+  -- TODO Figure out what other info should be part of this
+  --      Probably version, and make sure to not include path to the compiler
+  return $ "build" </> compiler ++ "_" ++ if release then "release" else "debug"