diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index d33f92a45b4f..fa00ac9f08ba 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
     cd "$srcdir/${pkgname%-git}"
-    git describe --long --tags 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g' ||
     printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 }