diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 7911e461669434ebbb8654b999445eb77020d1da..6f72b2c2e6ee66aad29379da5a4cd6428a622c58 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 # check for git short hash
 revision=$(cd "$1" && git describe --always 2> /dev/null)
-test "$revision" && revision=git-$revision
 
 # no revision number found
 test "$revision" || revision=$(cd "$1" && cat RELEASE 2> /dev/null)