diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 63d91e22ed7c..a670931ce711 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -156,19 +156,4 @@ fi
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION and LOCALVERSION (if set)
 res="${res}${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}${LOCALVERSION}"
 
-# scm version string if not at a tagged commit
-if test "$CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO" = "y"; then
-	# full scm version string
-	res="$res$(scm_version)"
-else
-	# append a plus sign if the repository is not in a clean
-	# annotated or signed tagged state (as git describe only
-	# looks at signed or annotated tags - git tag -a/-s) and
-	# LOCALVERSION= is not specified
-	if test "${LOCALVERSION+set}" != "set"; then
-		scm=$(scm_version --short)
-		res="$res${scm:++}"
-	fi
-fi
-
 echo "$res"