diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b0e872..0108219 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ AC_DEFINE([F2FS_MINOR_VERSION], m4_bpatsubst(f2fs_tools_version,
 				[\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)\(\w\|\W\)*], [\2]),
 				[Minor version for f2fs-tools])
 
-AS_IF([test -d .git],[
-	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
-		"m4_bpatsubst(f2fs_tools_gitdate,
-		[\([0-9-]*\)\(\w\|\W\)*], [\1])",
-		[f2fs-tools date based on Git commits])],[
-	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
-		"f2fs_tools_date",
-		[f2fs-tools date based on Source releases])])
+dnl AS_IF([test -d .git],[
+dnl	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
+dnl		"m4_bpatsubst(f2fs_tools_gitdate,
+dnl		[\([0-9-]*\)\(\w\|\W\)*], [\1])",
+dnl		[f2fs-tools date based on Git commits])],[
+dnl	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
+dnl		"f2fs_tools_date",
+dnl		[f2fs-tools date based on Source releases])])
+
+AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE], "f2fs_tools_date", [f2fs-tools date based on Source releases])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])