--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([collectd],[m4_esyscmd(./version-gen.sh)])
+AC_INIT([collectd],[@@VERSION@@])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/target_set.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(src/config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])