diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 158b7619..07c5d292 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ BUILT_SOURCES = default-config.h default-theme.h irssi-version.h
 
 default-config.h: $(srcdir)/irssi.conf
 	$(srcdir)/file2header.sh $(srcdir)/irssi.conf default_config > default-config.h
+
 default-theme.h: $(srcdir)/default.theme
 	$(srcdir)/file2header.sh $(srcdir)/default.theme default_theme > default-theme.h
+
 irssi-version.h:
 	$(srcdir)/irssi-version.sh $(srcdir) | cmp -s - $@ || $(srcdir)/irssi-version.sh $(srcdir) >$@
 
diff --git a/irssi-version.sh b/irssi-version.sh
index e147c96f..49abc55e 100755
--- a/irssi-version.sh
+++ b/irssi-version.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DATE=`GIT_DIR=$1/.git git log -1 --pretty=format:%ai HEAD`
 
-if test -d "$1"/.svn ; then
-	DATE=`LC_ALL=C svn info "$1" | sed -n 's/^Last Changed Date: \(.*\)/\1/p'`
-elif test -d "$1"/.git ; then
-	DATE=`GIT_DIR=$1/.git git log -1 --pretty=format:%ai HEAD`
-else
-	DATE=`awk -F'|' 'NR == 2{print substr($3, 2)}' "$1"/ChangeLog`
-fi
 VERSION_DATE=`echo $DATE | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | tr -d -`
 VERSION_TIME=`echo $DATE | cut -f 2 -d ' ' | awk -F: '{printf "%d", $1$2}'`
+
 echo "#define IRSSI_VERSION_DATE $VERSION_DATE"
 echo "#define IRSSI_VERSION_TIME $VERSION_TIME"