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])