diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 31281c03fd0a1941b897eb03b1e9eb1e033f2ffe..38ba4b7ba82b45551a8eb5cb16dfb62dd8c1cbd3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!)
 #
 
-AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [6.11.20081214], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc])
+AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [6.11], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc])
 
 # Set this to YES for a released version, otherwise NO
 : ${RELEASE=NO}