diff --git a/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD b/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
index 7e6636925..ab74cfa28 100644
--- a/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - enable GLES
+#  - disable broken pkgver function
 
 pkgname=retroarch
 pkgver=1.7.8
@@ -67,11 +68,11 @@ sha256sums=(
   7857cff30c45721b66666828ca9edbb2923817c6c64591be3f58fe019277103e
 )
 
-pkgver() {
-  cd RetroArch
-
-  git describe --tags | sed 's/^v//'
-}
+#pkgver() {
+#  cd RetroArch
+#
+#  git describe --tags | sed 's/^v//'
+#}
 
 prepare() {
   cd RetroArch