diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 532f6b3f6..0f23a8a0a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -160,16 +160,12 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([pkgconfig_required_version])
 #################
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(build-dist)
-if test "$enable_build_dist" = "yes"; then
-  `svnversion $srcdir | sed "s/\(^@<:@0-9@:>@*\).*/\1/" > $srcdir/svn_revision`
-fi
-
 # XXX: This needs to be fixed to handle mixed revisions properly
 #      There is probably a better way to handle it as well.
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for svn version])
 if test -d "$srcdir/.svn"; then
   SVN_REVISION=`svnversion $srcdir | sed "s/\(^@<:@0-9@:>@*\).*/\1/"`
+  `echo $SVN_REVISION > $srcdir/svn_revision`
   AC_MSG_RESULT([$SVN_REVISION from "svnversion $srcdir"])
 elif test -f "$srcdir/svn_revision"; then
   SVN_REVISION=`cat $srcdir/svn_revision`