diff --git a/genver.sh b/genver.sh
index 79fd0a0..3af41f7 100755
--- a/genver.sh
+++ b/genver.sh
@@ -1,49 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-
-if [ ${#} -eq 1 ] && [ "x$1" = "x-r" ]; then
-	# release text only
-	QUIET=1
-else
-	QUIET=0
-fi
-
-if ! `(git status | grep -q "On branch") 2> /dev/null`; then
-        # If we don't have git, we can't work out what
-        # version this is. It must have been downloaded as a
-        # zip file. 
-        
-        # If downloaded from the release page, the directory
-        # has the version number.
-        release=`pwd | sed s/.*sslh-// | grep "[[:digit:]]"`
-        
-        if [ "x$release" = "x" ]; then
-            # If downloaded from the head, Github creates the
-            # zip file with all files dated from the last
-            # change: use the Makefile's modification time as a
-            # release number
-            release=head-`perl -MPOSIX -e 'print strftime "%Y-%m-%d",localtime((stat "Makefile")[9])'`
-        fi
-fi
-
-if head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
-	# generate the version info based on the tag
-	release=`(git describe --tags || git --describe || git describe --all --long) \
-		2>/dev/null | tr -d '\n'`
-
-	# Are there uncommitted changes?
-	git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
-	if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | grep -v "^scripts/package" \
-	    | read dummy; then
-		release="$release-dirty"
-	fi
-fi
-
-
-if [ $QUIET -ne 1 ]; then
-	printf "#ifndef VERSION_H \n"
-	printf "#define VERSION_H \n\n"
-	printf "#define VERSION \"$release\"\n"
-	printf "#endif\n"
-else
-	printf "$release\n"
-fi
+release=$(cat ChangeLog | head -1 | cut -d: -f1 | tr -d [v])
+printf "#ifndef VERSION_H \n"
+printf "#define VERSION_H \n\n"
+printf "#define VERSION \"$release\"\n"
+printf "#endif\n"