diff --git a/obs-service-tar_scm.changes b/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
index caf73bd..140605e 100644
--- a/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
+++ b/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Fri Aug 26 06:49:13 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
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 Fri Aug 26 06:45:17 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
 
-- link old tar ball into result directory when no new commit appeared
+- drop broken code for same-commit-detection as suggested by Markus
 
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 Thu Aug 25 16:17:02 UTC 2011 - markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com
diff --git a/tar_scm b/tar_scm
index f23ae12..a55f9be 100644
--- a/tar_scm
+++ b/tar_scm
@@ -151,12 +151,6 @@ if [ "$MYSCM" == "svn" ]; then
     fi
     NEWVERSION=`LC_ALL=C svn info | sed -n 's,^Last Changed Rev: \(.*\),\1,p'`
     cd -
-    if [ "$OLDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
-      # cleanup and skip
-      rm -rf "$TAR_DIRECTORY"
-      cp -l "$existing_tar" "${existing_tar##*:}"
-      exit 0
-    fi
     mv "$TAR_DIRECTORY" "${FILE}" || exit 1
   else
     # new checkout
@@ -191,12 +185,6 @@ elif [ "$MYSCM" == "git" ]; then
     fi
     NEWVERSION=`git show --pretty=%at  | head -n 1`
     cd -
-    if [ "$OLDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
-      # cleanup and skip
-      rm -rf "$TAR_DIRECTORY"
-      cp -l "$existing_tar" "${existing_tar##*:}"
-      exit 0
-    fi
     mv "$TAR_DIRECTORY" "${FILE}" || exit 1
   else
     # new checkout
@@ -221,12 +209,6 @@ elif [ "$MYSCM" == "hg" ]; then
     hg pull || exit 1
     NEWVERSION=`hg id -i -rtip`
     cd -
-    if [ "$OLDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
-      # cleanup and skip
-      rm -rf "$TAR_DIRECTORY"
-      cp -l "$existing_tar" "${existing_tar##*:}"
-      exit 0
-    fi
     mv "$TAR_DIRECTORY" "${FILE}" || exit 1
   else
     # new checkout
@@ -255,12 +237,6 @@ elif [ "$MYSCM" == "bzr" ]; then
     fi
     NEWVERSION=`bzr revno`
     cd -
-    if [ "$OLDVERSION" == "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
-      # cleanup and skip
-      rm -rf "$TAR_DIRECTORY"
-      cp -l "$existing_tar" "${existing_tar##*:}"
-      exit 0
-    fi
     mv "$TAR_DIRECTORY" "${FILE}" || exit 1
   else
     # new checkout