diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 7a571fad47..c16e23cf42 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-    last_cvs_update=r`grep committed-rev .svn/entries | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 2 2>/dev/null`
+revision=r`grep committed-rev .svn/entries | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 2 2>/dev/null`
 
 extra=""
 if test "$1" ; then
   extra="-$1"
 fi
-echo "#define VERSION \"dev-SVN-${last_cvs_update}${extra}\"" >version.h
+
+echo "#define VERSION \"dev-SVN-${revision}${extra}\"" > version.h