--- a/update-version.sh
+++ b/update-version.sh
@@ -1,33 +1 @@
-# (Re)compute version from git repostitory
-# Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-# in any medium, are permitted without royalty provided the copyright
-# notice and this notice are preserved.
-
-# The version generated is of the form TAG[-SHORTREF[-dirty]], with
-# TAG being the closest tag to the current version and SHORTREF being
-# the first 8 hex digits of the the SHA-1 hash of HEAD.  If there are
-# local changes in the repository, -dirty is added.
-
-version=$1
-
-if git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
-   && test -z "`git rev-parse --show-cdup`" ; then
-    set -- `git describe --tags HEAD 2> /dev/null || \
-	    git rev-parse --short HEAD` \
-	   `git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
-	    if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | read dummy; then
-	      echo -dirty
-	    fi`
-    if test "`expr substr $1 1 1`" = v ; then
-	set -- "`expr substr $1 2 \( length $1 - 1 \)`" $2
-    fi
-    echo $1$2 > .$version.tmp
-    if test ! -e $version \
-       || ! cmp -s .$version.tmp $version ; then
-	mv .$version.tmp $version
-    else
-	rm -f .$version.tmp
-    fi
-fi
+#!/bin/true
