--- a/mkdist.sh
+++ b/mkdist.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 TAR=/usr/bin/tar
 TAR=tar
 
-VRECOLL=`cat ../../VERSION`
-VLENS=`hg tip | egrep ^changeset: | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
-VERSION=${VRECOLL}.${VLENS}
+VERSION=`cat VERSION`
 echo $VERSION
 
 targetdir=${targetdir-/tmp}