diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2fa673e..8445c60 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@
 
 all: pciutils dep $(PROGRAM)
 
-# Set the flashrom version string from the highest revision number
-# of the checked out flashrom files.
-SVNDEF := -D'FLASHROM_VERSION="$(shell svnversion -cn . \
-          | sed -e "s/.*://" -e "s/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/")"'
+# Set the flashrom version string
+SVNDEF := -D'FLASHROM_VERSION="0.9.0"'
 
 $(PROGRAM): $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) -o $(PROGRAM) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/flashrom.c b/flashrom.c
index 2c77ff3..689a775 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 
 void print_version(void)
 {
-	printf("flashrom r%s\n", FLASHROM_VERSION);
+	printf("flashrom v%s\n", FLASHROM_VERSION);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])