--- a/version/version.go	2018-06-26 09:57:33.703932696 +0200
+++ b/version/version.go	2018-06-26 09:59:05.986536238 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package version
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -27,24 +26,6 @@ var (
 // for displaying to humans.
 func GetHumanVersion() string {
 	version := Version
-	if GitDescribe != "" {
-		version = GitDescribe
-	}
-
-	release := VersionPrerelease
-	if GitDescribe == "" && release == "" {
-		release = "dev"
-	}
-
-	if release != "" {
-		if !strings.HasSuffix(version, "-"+release) {
-			// if we tagged a prerelease version then the release is in the version already
-			version += fmt.Sprintf("-%s", release)
-		}
-		if GitCommit != "" {
-			version += fmt.Sprintf(" (%s)", GitCommit)
-		}
-	}
 
 	// Strip off any single quotes added by the git information.
 	return strings.Replace(version, "'", "", -1)
--- b/GNUmakefile	2019-01-08 15:44:48.494251517 +0100
+++ c/GNUmakefile	2019-01-08 15:48:07.639739133 +0100
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ GOARCH?=$(shell go env GOARCH)
 GOPATH=$(shell go env GOPATH)
 
 ASSETFS_PATH?=agent/bindata_assetfs.go
-# Get the git commit
-GIT_COMMIT?=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-GIT_DIRTY?=$(shell test -n "`git status --porcelain`" && echo "+CHANGES" || true)
-GIT_DESCRIBE?=$(shell git describe --tags --always)
-GIT_IMPORT=github.com/hashicorp/consul/version
-GOLDFLAGS=-X $(GIT_IMPORT).GitCommit=$(GIT_COMMIT)$(GIT_DIRTY) -X $(GIT_IMPORT).GitDescribe=$(GIT_DESCRIBE)
+GOLDFLAGS=
 EXTLDFLAGS := ${LDFLAGS}
 
 ifeq ($(FORCE_REBUILD),1)
@@ -238,17 +233,6 @@ ui: ui-legacy-docker ui-docker static-as
 tools:
 	go get -u -v $(GOTOOLS)
 
-version:
-	@echo -n "Version:                    "
-	@$(SHELL) $(CURDIR)/build-support/scripts/version.sh
-	@echo -n "Version + release:          "
-	@$(SHELL) $(CURDIR)/build-support/scripts/version.sh -r
-	@echo -n "Version + git:              "
-	@$(SHELL) $(CURDIR)/build-support/scripts/version.sh  -g
-	@echo -n "Version + release + git:    "
-	@$(SHELL) $(CURDIR)/build-support/scripts/version.sh -r -g
-
-
 docker-images: go-build-image ui-build-image ui-legacy-build-image
 
 go-build-image:
@@ -276,4 +263,4 @@ ui-legacy-docker: ui-legacy-build-image
 
 
 .PHONY: all ci bin dev dist cov test test-ci test-internal test-install-deps cover format vet ui static-assets tools vendorfmt
-.PHONY: docker-images go-build-image ui-build-image ui-legacy-build-image static-assets-docker consul-docker ui-docker ui-legacy-docker version proto
+.PHONY: docker-images go-build-image ui-build-image ui-legacy-build-image static-assets-docker consul-docker ui-docker ui-legacy-docker proto