diff --git a/build_tools/make_version b/build_tools/make_version
index 2a4021c8bd3399252269014d614852f9c1f10f41..6176de2c0b471a95dcb6de702c494bbff45e7e02 100755
--- a/build_tools/make_version
+++ b/build_tools/make_version
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 if [ -f ${1}/.version ]; then
 	cat ${1}/.version
-elif [ -f ${1}/.svnrevision ]; then
-	echo SVN-`cat ${1}/.svnbranch`-r`cat ${1}/.svnrevision`
 elif [ -d .svn ]; then
     PARTS=`LANG=C svn info ${1} | grep URL | awk '{print $2;}' | sed -e 's:^.*/svn/asterisk/::' | sed -e 's:/: :g'`
     BRANCH=0
     TEAM=0
+    TAG=0
     
     REV=`svnversion -c ${1} | cut -d: -f2`
     
@@ -19,6 +18,12 @@ elif [ -d .svn ]; then
     
     for PART in $PARTS
       do
+      if [ ${TAG} != 0 ]
+	  then
+	  RESULT="${PART}"
+	  break
+      fi
+      
       if [ ${BRANCH} != 0 ]
 	  then
 	  RESULT="${RESULT}-${PART}"
@@ -40,8 +45,7 @@ elif [ -d .svn ]; then
       
       if [ "${PART}" = "tags" ]
 	  then
-	  BRANCH=1
-	  RESULT="tag"
+	  TAG=1
 	  continue
       fi
       
@@ -52,5 +56,10 @@ elif [ -d .svn ]; then
       fi
     done
     
-    echo SVN-${RESULT##-}-r${REV}
+    if [ ${TAG} != 0 ]
+	then
+	echo ${RESULT}
+	else
+	echo SVN-${RESULT##-}-r${REV}
+    fi
 fi