diff --git a/gpgme/configure.ac b/gpgme/configure.ac
index 7bc0604..1529ed1 100644
--- a/gpgme/configure.ac
+++ b/gpgme/configure.ac
@@ -32,16 +32,11 @@ m4_define([mym4_major], [1])
 m4_define([mym4_minor], [13])
 m4_define([mym4_micro], [1])
 
-# Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
-# the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a
-# flag indicating a development version (mym4_isbeta).  Note that the
-# m4 processing is done by autoconf and not during the configure run.
-m4_define([mym4_verslist], m4_split(m4_esyscmd([./autogen.sh --find-version] \
-                           mym4_package mym4_major mym4_minor mym4_micro),[:]))
-m4_define([mym4_isbeta],       m4_argn(2, mym4_verslist))
-m4_define([mym4_version],      m4_argn(4, mym4_verslist))
-m4_define([mym4_revision],     m4_argn(7, mym4_verslist))
-m4_define([mym4_revision_dec], m4_argn(8, mym4_verslist))
+# Static version with revision slots BETA, REVISION and REVISION_DESC
+m4_define([mym4_isbeta],       @BETA@)
+m4_define([mym4_version],      [mym4_major].[mym4_minor].[mym4_micro])
+m4_define([mym4_revision],     @REVISION@)
+m4_define([mym4_revision_dec], @REVISION_DESC@)
 m4_esyscmd([echo ]mym4_version[>VERSION])
 AC_INIT([mym4_package],[mym4_version], [https://bugs.gnupg.org])