diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 709868a7..d33eb39c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_INIT([procps-ng],
-	m4_esyscmd([tools/git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+	m4_esyscmd([misc/git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
 	[procps@freelists.org],,[http://gitorious.org/procps])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([free.c])
diff --git a/tools/git-version-gen b/misc/git-version-gen
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/git-version-gen
rename to misc/git-version-gen