diff --git a/gramps/gen/const.py.in b/gramps/gen/const.py.in
index e16ac8cad..d0dd1fc5e 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/const.py.in
+++ b/gramps/gen/const.py.in
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ def get_version_tuple(v):
     return tuple(map(int, retval.split(".")))
 VERSION_TUPLE  = get_version_tuple(VERSION)
 major_version = "%s.%s" % (VERSION_TUPLE[0], VERSION_TUPLE[1])
-VERSION += get_svn_revision()
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -171,6 +170,8 @@ 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_svn_revision(ROOT_DIR)
+
 #
 # Glade files
 #