diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index a587166e4e43..2523aaf68e69 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -51,48 +51,12 @@ _scm_version()
 				echo "+"
 				return
 			fi
-			# If we are past a tagged commit (like
-			# "v2.6.30-rc5-302-g72357d5"), we pretty print it.
-			#
-			# Ensure the abbreviated sha1 has exactly 12
-			# hex characters, to make the output
-			# independent of git version, local
-			# core.abbrev settings and/or total number of
-			# objects in the current repository - passing
-			# --abbrev=12 ensures a minimum of 12, and the
-			# awk substr() then picks the 'g' and first 12
-			# hex chars.
-			if atag="$(git describe --abbrev=12 2>/dev/null)"; then
-				echo "$atag" | awk -F- '{printf("-%05d-%s", $(NF-1),substr($(NF),0,13))}'
-
-			# If we don't have a tag at all we print -g{commitish},
-			# again using exactly 12 hex chars.
-			else
-				head="$(echo $head | cut -c1-12)"
-				printf '%s%s' -g $head
-			fi
 		fi
 
 		# Is this git on svn?
 		if git config --get svn-remote.svn.url >/dev/null; then
 			printf -- '-svn%s' "`git svn find-rev $head`"
 		fi
-
-		# Check for uncommitted changes.
-		# First, with git-status, but --no-optional-locks is only
-		# supported in git >= 2.14, so fall back to git-diff-index if
-		# it fails. Note that git-diff-index does not refresh the
-		# index, so it may give misleading results. See
-		# git-update-index(1), git-diff-index(1), and git-status(1).
-		if {
-			git --no-optional-locks status -uno --porcelain 2>/dev/null ||
-			git diff-index --name-only HEAD
-		} | grep -qvE '^(.. )?scripts/package'; then
-			printf '%s' -dirty
-		fi
-
-		# All done with git
-		return
 	fi
 
 	# Check for mercurial and a mercurial repo.