diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 862f8279f1f0..a592034cf97b 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ REVISION!=	make -C ${SRCDIR}/release -V REVISION
 BRANCH!=	make -C ${SRCDIR}/release -V BRANCH
 SRCRELDATE!=	awk '/^\#define[[:space:]]*__FreeBSD_version/ { print $$3 }' \
 		${SRCDIR}/sys/sys/param.h
-VERSION=	FreeBSD ${REVISION}-${BRANCH} ${TARGET_ARCH} ${SRCRELDATE}
+VERSION=	FreeBSD ${REVISION}-${BRANCH:C/-p[0-9]+$//} ${TARGET_ARCH} ${SRCRELDATE}
 .endif
 
 KNOWN_ARCHES?=	amd64 arm armeb/arm armv6/arm i386 i386/pc98 ia64 mips mipsel/mips mips64el/mips mips64/mips mipsn32el/mips mipsn32/mips powerpc powerpc64/powerpc sparc64