diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index da75a760e..6fd18d4ad 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"UNSTABLE Gramps 4.0.0 Alpha2 release.
+"UNSTABLE Gramps 4.0.0 Alpha4 release.
 
 This is a technology preview to allow plugin writers and packagers-installer 
 writers to update their plugins and scripts. This release is not production 
diff --git a/gramps/gen/const.py.in b/gramps/gen/const.py.in
index d0dd1fc5e..1739c8451 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/const.py.in
+++ b/gramps/gen/const.py.in
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
         ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
             unicode(__file__, sys.getfilesystemencoding())), os.pardir))
 
-VERSION += get_svn_revision(ROOT_DIR)
+#VERSION += get_svn_revision(ROOT_DIR)
 
 #
 # Glade files
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b048d35d..346b50f41 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     import commands
 from stat import ST_MODE
 
-VERSION = '4.0.0-alpha3'
+VERSION = '4.0.0-alpha4'
 ALL_LINGUAS = ('bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en_GB', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
                'hr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'lt', 'nb', 'nl', 'nn', 'pl', 'pt_BR',
                'pt_PT', 'ru', 'sk', 'sl', 'sq', 'sv', 'uk', 'vi', 'zh_CN')