diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 83b75126c9f7..453faffe18a7 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if rev=`svn info 2>/dev/null | grep '^Revision'`; then
 
 	# Are there uncommitted changes?
 	if [ $changes != 0 ]; then
-		printf -- '-svn%s%s%s' "$rev" -dirty "$changes"
+		printf -- '-svn%s%s' "$rev" -dirty
 	else
 		printf -- '-svn%s' "$rev"
 	fi