diff --git a/kallithea/__init__.py b/kallithea/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/__init__.py
@@ -54,15 +54,7 @@ else:
 # Users.extern_type and .extern_name value for local users
 EXTERN_TYPE_INTERNAL = 'internal'
 
-try:
-    from kallithea.lib import get_current_revision
-    _rev = get_current_revision(quiet=True)
-    if _rev and len(VERSION) > 3:
-        VERSION += (_rev[0],)
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-__version__ = ('.'.join((str(each) for each in VERSION[:3])))
+__version__ = '.'.join(str(each) for each in VERSION)
 __dbversion__ = 31  # defines current db version for migrations
 __platform__ = platform.system()
 __license__ = 'GPLv3'
@@ -73,13 +65,6 @@ __url__ = 'https://kallithea-scm.org/'
 is_windows = __platform__ in ['Windows']
 is_unix = not is_windows
 
-if len(VERSION) > 3:
-    __version__ += '.'+VERSION[3]
-
-    if len(VERSION) > 4:
-        __version__ += VERSION[4]
-    else:
-        __version__ += '0'
 
 # Hack for making the celery dependency kombu==1.5.1 compatible with Python
 # 2.7.11 which has https://hg.python.org/releases/2.7.11/rev/24bdc4940e81
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/__init__.py b/kallithea/lib/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/__init__.py
@@ -24,30 +24,3 @@ Original author and date, and relevant c
 :copyright: (c) 2013 RhodeCode GmbH, and others.
 :license: GPLv3, see LICENSE.md for more details.
 """
-
-import os
-
-def get_current_revision(quiet=False):
-    """
-    Returns tuple of (number, id) from repository containing this package
-    or None if repository could not be found.
-
-    :param quiet: prints error for fetching revision if True
-    """
-
-    try:
-        from kallithea.lib.vcs import get_repo
-        from kallithea.lib.vcs.utils.helpers import get_scm
-        repopath = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                                                '..', '..'))
-        scm = get_scm(repopath)[0]
-        repo = get_repo(path=repopath, alias=scm)
-        wk_dir = repo.workdir
-        cur_rev = wk_dir.get_changeset()
-        return (cur_rev.revision, cur_rev.short_id)
-    except Exception as err:
-        if not quiet:
-            print ("WARNING: Cannot retrieve kallithea's revision. "
-                   "disregard this if you don't know what that means. "
-                   "Original error was: %s" % err)
-        return None