--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,14 +20,9 @@ AC_DEFINE([F2FS_MINOR_VERSION], m4_bpats
 				[\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)\(\w\|\W\)*], [\2]),
 				[Minor version for f2fs-tools])
 
-AC_CHECK_FILE(.git,
-	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
-		"m4_bpatsubst(f2fs_tools_gitdate,
-		[\([0-9-]*\)\(\w\|\W\)*], [\1])",
-		[f2fs-tools date based on Git commits]),
-	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
+AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
 		"f2fs_tools_date",
-		[f2fs-tools date based on Source releases]))
+		[f2fs-tools date based on Source releases])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])