diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bd71ac9..8c58c61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = v21.0.3
+VERSION = v21.0.4
 TAGNAME = release-$(VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: docs install uninstall tar test
diff --git a/bin/autojump b/bin/autojump
index 90f7c61..a6944af 100755
--- a/bin/autojump
+++ b/bin/autojump
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
-VERSION = 'release-v21.0.3'
+VERSION = 'release-v21.0.4'
 MAX_KEYWEIGHT = 1000
 MAX_STORED_PATHS = 1000
 COMPLETION_SEPARATOR = '__'
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index b0fc384..5f83d4a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ echo
 echo "Installing ${shell} version of autojump to ${prefix} ..."
 echo
 
-# add git revision to autojump
-./tools/git-version.sh
-
 # INSTALL AUTOJUMP
 mkdir -p ${prefix}/share/autojump/
 mkdir -p ${prefix}/bin/
diff --git a/tools/git-version.sh b/tools/git-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e73f422..0000000
--- a/tools/git-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# add git revision to autojump
-
-# Fail silently if there is no git directory, ie. if the user installed from a regular download
-if [[ ! -d .git ]]; then
-    exit
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    gitrevision=`git describe`
-    if [[ $(git diff --shortstat 2> /dev/null | tail -n1) != "" ]]; then
-        gitrevision=$gitrevision"-dirty"
-    fi
-else
-    gitrevision="$1"
-fi
-
-sed -i "s/^VERSION = \".*\"$/VERSION = \"$gitrevision\"/" ./bin/autojump