diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index 145d1deaf97ef87fd66893e2c85abdecf8e62f88..00abd19c2df0939c6fcb5cb0fbe89644593b7cad 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ tar:
 
 dist:   
 	perl Configure dist
-	perl util/up_ver.pl ${VERSION}
 	@$(MAKE) dist_pem_h
 	@$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' clean
 	@$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' dclean