diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index 1e4cbc6..9e2e86a 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ md5sums=('f81675716efa5040a1bdc8cce26629df')
 prepare ()
 {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
-  sed -i "21 i VERSION=$pkgver" src/Makefile.am
-  sed -i "64 i #define VERSION \"$pkgver\"" src/gerbv.h
+
+  # use explicit version for compilation and not a git-derived one
+  sed -i -e "s/m4_esyscmd(utils\/git-version-gen.sh [0-9.]*)/$pkgver/" configure.ac
 }
 
 build ()