diff --git a/trunk/configure.in b/trunk/configure.in
index 3484dbbd2e..29815cb2d9 100644
--- a/trunk/configure.in
+++ b/trunk/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.8rc2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.8)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST