diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index d39ea83f0..000000000
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-src/Makefile export-subst
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 6748adf8b..ea72eb4bc 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ CC_WIN_64                := x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
 ##
 
 COMPTIME                 := $(shell date +%s)
-VERSION_TAG              := $(shell git describe --tags --dirty=+ || echo '$Format:%D$'|sed -r 's/.* ([^ ]+$)/\1/')
+VERSION_TAG              := $(shell git describe --tags --dirty=+)
 
 ##
 ## Compiler flags