--- configure.ac.orig	2015-12-15 16:34:33 UTC
+++ configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
-AC_INIT([HTSlib], m4_esyscmd_s([make print-version]),
+AC_INIT([HTSlib], [1.3],
         [samtools-help@lists.sourceforge.net], [], [http://www.htslib.org/])
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)  dnl This version introduced 4-argument AC_CHECK_HEADER
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(hts.c)