diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac

index cefe344..9fcde35 100644

--- a/configure.ac

+++ b/configure.ac

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@

 ##

 # Prologue

 ##

-AC_INIT([diod],

-        m4_esyscmd([git describe --always | awk '/.*/ {sub(/^v/, ""); printf "%s",$1; exit}']))

+AC_INIT([diod], [1.0.24.0.53.git0d87511])

 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])

 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config])

 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([NEWS])