--- /Makefile	2019-04-15 19:34:40.604288477 -0500
+++ /Makefile	2019-04-15 19:36:25.249286603 -0500
@@ -1149,9 +1149,8 @@
 
 LANGUAGES = $(filter-out en, $(notdir $(wildcard dat/descript/??)))
 SRC_PKG_BASE  := stone_soup
-SRC_VERSION   := $(shell git describe --tags $(MERGE_BASE) 2>/dev/null || cat util/release_ver)
+SRC_VERSION   := $(shell cat util/release_ver)
 MAJOR_VERSION = $(shell echo "$(SRC_VERSION)"|sed -r 's/-.*//;s/^([^.]+\.[^.]+).*/\1/')
-RECENT_TAG    := $(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags $(MERGE_BASE))
 
 export SRC_VERSION