--- strace-4.10.orig/configure.ac	2015-03-04 23:42:30.000000000 -0600
+++ strace-4.10/configure.ac	2015-06-07 09:25:43.969505042 -0500
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.  Use autoreconf.
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 AC_INIT([strace],
-	m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
 	[strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([strace.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])