diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 9657922eaf..844b0151b1 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -468,9 +468,6 @@ else:
 # add methods from utils to env
 env.AddMethod(utils.filterWarnings)
 
-rev = utils.GenerateRevFile(env['flavor'], 
-                            "Source/Core/Common/Src/svnrev_template.h",
-                            "Source/Core/Common/Src/svnrev.h")
 # print a nice progress indication when not compiling
 Progress(['-\r', '\\\r', '|\r', '/\r'], interval = 5)
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Src/svnrev.h b/Source/Core/Common/Src/svnrev.h
index 778ad9ef42..9cddda0625 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Src/svnrev.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Src/svnrev.h
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-#define SVN_REV $WCREV$
-#define SVN_REV_STR "5196M-release"
-
+#define SVN_REV 5163
+#define SVN_REV_STR "2.0 RC1"