diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 01aad14..36dc49b 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 _VERSION = 0.4-rc3
-VERSION  = `git describe --long --tags --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo $(_VERSION)`
+VERSION  = `git describe --tags --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo $(_VERSION)`
 
 PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config