--- a/build-aux/gen-version
+++ b/build-aux/gen-version
@@ -1,39 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-VERSION="unknown"
-
-DIRTY=""
-git status | grep -q clean || DIRTY='.dirty'
-
-# Special environment variable to signal that we are building a release, as this
-# has consequences for the version number.
-if [ "${IS_RELEASE}" = "YES" ]; then
-  TAG="$(git describe --tags --exact-match 2> /dev/null | cut -d- -f 2-)"
-  if [ -n "${TAG}" ]; then
-    # We're on a tag
-    echo "${TAG}${DIRTY}" > .version
-    printf "${TAG}${DIRTY}"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-  echo 'This is not a tag, either tag this commit or do not set $IS_RELEASE' >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Generate the version number based on the branch
-#
-if [ ! -z "$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
-  if $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | grep -q 'rel/'); then
-    REL_TYPE="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | cut -d/ -f 2 | cut -d- -f 1)"
-    VERSION="$(git describe --match=${REL_TYPE}-* --tags --dirty=.dirty | cut -d- -f 2-)"
-  else
-    GIT_VERSION=$(git show --no-patch --format=format:%h HEAD)
-    BRANCH=".$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | perl -p -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]//g;')"
-    [ "${BRANCH}" = ".master" ] && BRANCH=''
-    VERSION="0.0${BRANCH}.${PDNS_BUILD_NUMBER}g${GIT_VERSION}${DIRTY}"
-  fi
-  echo "$VERSION" > .version
-elif [ -f .version ]; then
-  VERSION="$(cat .version)"
-fi
+VERSION="$(cat .version)"

 printf $VERSION