diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index ba24bb8..4638d5f 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 _VERSION = 0.3.1
-VERSION  = `./generate-version.sh $(_VERSION)`
+VERSION  = `git describe --long --tags --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo $(_VERSION)`
 
 # paths
 PREFIX = /usr/local
diff --git a/generate-version.sh b/generate-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cf408e1..0000000
--- a/generate-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if git tag --contains HEAD | grep -q $1; then
-	echo $1
-else
-	branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
-	commit="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-	if [ "${branch}" != "main" ]; then
-		echo $1-$branch-$commit
-	else
-		echo $1-$commit
-	fi
-fi