This is required because packages.git is a git repo.

--- rfkill-0.5/version.sh	2013-05-03 11:24:22.000000000 +0000
+++ rfkill-0.5/version.sh	2018-03-05 02:54:41.510838411 +0000
@@ -12,19 +12,6 @@
 
 if test "x$SUFFIX" != 'x'; then
 	v="$VERSION$SUFFIX"
-elif head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
-	git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
-	descr=$(git describe 2>/dev/null || echo "v$VERSION")
-
-	# on git builds check that the version number above
-	# is correct...
-	[ "${descr%%-*}" = "v$VERSION" ] || exit 2
-
-	echo -n 'const char rfkill_version[] = "' > "$OUT"
-	v="${descr#v}"
-	if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | read dummy ; then
-		v="$v"-dirty
-	fi
 else
 	v="$VERSION"
 fi