diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ddb52b9..c3046b9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ AM_SILENT_RULES
 dnl ******************************************************************
 dnl  Determine SANE version components and release status
 dnl ******************************************************************
-AS_IF([test x = "x$AWK"],[AC_PROG_AWK])
-AS_IF([test x = "x`echo $VERSION | sed 's/[[.0-9]]//g'`"],
-            [is_release=yes],
-            [is_release=no])
-V_MAJOR=`echo $VERSION | $AWK -F. '{print $1}'`
-V_MINOR=`echo $VERSION | $AWK -F. '{print $2}'`
-V_REV=`echo $VERSION | $AWK -F. '{print $3}' | sed 's/^\([[0-9]]*\).*/\1/'`;
+is_release=yes
+is_release=no
+V_MAJOR=1
+V_MINOR=3
+V_REV=1
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SANE_DLL_V_MAJOR, $V_MAJOR, [SANE DLL major number])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SANE_DLL_V_MINOR, $V_MINOR, [SANE DLL minor number])
