diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0bbfaaf3cee9e3d58f3d10aac018a185b3d29711..6e4847fc90d0c930ce6a39c1cf6c85e19b6570b3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mydist:
 	svn2cl $(srcdir)
 	@SVNREV=`svnversion $(srcdir)` && \
 	  $(MAKE) dist-bzip2 \
-	  distdir=$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)-$(BRANCH)-r$${SVNREV}
+	  distdir=$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)-r$${SVNREV}
 
 dist-hook:
 	if which svnversion >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d23cfc1f30f99fd84f2ae29be42549aee3a3e398..672e616f1806ecd8122e2603b3742eaab954f351 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 # Global
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-branch=trunk
-
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BRANCH, ["$branch"], [Subversion branch])
-AC_SUBST(BRANCH, [$branch])
-
 AC_PROG_CXX
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/globals.h b/globals.h
index acf8915e2a424afb4839dca0a3e983f53db7c848..f149e72ebe7507058ca83e4111f73d0bcb0e0647 100644
--- a/globals.h
+++ b/globals.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 /** Master version string
  */
-#define EC_MASTER_VERSION VERSION " " BRANCH " r" EC_STR(SVNREV)
+#define EC_MASTER_VERSION VERSION " r" EC_STR(SVNREV)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/