diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 3c1c458b679d..b205f541f3c6 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -128,11 +128,8 @@ OSRELDATE=	0
 .endif
 
 .if !defined(VERSION)
-REVISION!=	make -C ${.CURDIR}/release -V REVISION
-BRANCH!=	make -C ${.CURDIR}/release -V BRANCH
-SRCRELDATE!=	awk '/^\#define[[:space:]]*__FreeBSD_version/ { print $$3 }' \
-		${.CURDIR}/sys/sys/param.h
-VERSION=	FreeBSD ${REVISION}-${BRANCH} ${TARGET_ARCH} ${SRCRELDATE}
+VERSION!=	uname -srp
+VERSION+=	${OSRELDATE}
 .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