diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 36f5501d0a..349a13e455 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.9pre4-cvs)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.9pre4)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST