diff --git a/changes/bug2402 b/changes/bug2402
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16f6773e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug2402
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (build)
+    - Do not include Git version tags as though they were SVN tags when
+      generating a tarball from inside a repository that has switched between
+      branches.  Bugfix on 0.2.1.15-rc; fixes bug 2402.
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index f8cfd29f84..c5d654078e 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -827,16 +827,7 @@ static char *_version = NULL;
 const char *
 get_version(void)
 {
-  if (_version == NULL) {
-    if (strlen(tor_svn_revision)) {
-      size_t len = strlen(VERSION)+strlen(tor_svn_revision)+8;
-      _version = tor_malloc(len);
-      tor_snprintf(_version, len, "%s (r%s)", VERSION, tor_svn_revision);
-    } else {
-      _version = tor_strdup(VERSION);
-    }
-  }
-  return _version;
+  return VERSION;
 }
 
 /** Release additional memory allocated in options