diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6fddf5f..6a4d873 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ ASCIIDOC_CMD:=$(ASCIIDOC) -n -a toc -a toclevels=4
 
 GENERATED_DOCS:=README.html
 
-ifneq ($(wildcard .version),)
-  DAHDIVERSION:=$(shell cat .version)
-else
-  DAHDIVERSION:=$(shell build_tools/make_version . dahdi/linux)
-endif
+DAHDIVERSION:=$(shell build_tools/make_version . dahdi/linux)
 
 all: modules
 
diff --git a/build_tools/make_version b/build_tools/make_version
index 8eb2299..319842b 100755
--- a/build_tools/make_version
+++ b/build_tools/make_version
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ -f ${1}/.version ]; then
-	cat ${1}.version
+	cat ${1}/.version
 elif [ -f ${1}/.svnrevision ]; then
 	echo SVN-`cat ${1}/.svnbranch`-r`cat ${1}/.svnrevision`
 elif [ -d ${1}/.svn ]; then