diff --git a/gramps/gen/const.py b/gramps/gen/const.py
index 0ed00ade7..57e04ff9a 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/const.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/const.py
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ 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_git_revision(ROOT_DIR)
+#VERSION += get_git_revision(ROOT_DIR)
+VERSION += "-1"
 
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