diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b8164b8b5..faddf9f96b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2012,7 +2012,6 @@ $(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
     -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
     -e 's|@@DIFF@@|$(DIFF_SQ)|' \
-    -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
     -e 's|@@LOCALEDIR@@|$(localedir_SQ)|g' \
     -e 's/@@NO_CURL@@/$(NO_CURL)/g' \
     -e 's/@@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@@/$(USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME)/g' \
@@ -2058,7 +2057,6 @@ gitweb:
 git-instaweb: git-instaweb.sh gitweb
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-	    -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
 	    -e 's/@@NO_CURL@@/$(NO_CURL)/g' \
 	    -e 's|@@GITWEBDIR@@|$(gitwebdir_SQ)|g' \
 	    -e 's|@@PERL@@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' \
@@ -2107,7 +2105,6 @@ configure: configure.ac
 
 # These can record GIT_VERSION
 version.o git.spec \
-	$(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) \
 	$(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)) \
 	: GIT-VERSION-FILE