diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 2dc71c1..3f75673 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ PRUNE_DIRS=	       # exclude files with these directories in their paths (space
 BEFORE_BUILD=      # run this before building       (bash command)
 AFTER_BUILD=       # ...and this after the build    (bash command)
 
-REV_NUM=`svnversion -n | cat`
+REV_NUM=91
 
 if [ -z $1 ]; then
   . ./config_build.sh
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ done
 cd $TMP_DIR
 
 if [ -n "$VAR_FILES" ]; then
-  REV_DATE=`date -u '+%A, %B %e, %Y'`
-  REV_YEAR=`date -u '+%Y'`
+  REV_DATE="Thursday, July  3, 2008"
+  REV_YEAR="2008"
   echo "Substituting variables for version $VERSION, build r$REV_NUM on \
 $REV_DATE..."
   for VAR_FILE in $VAR_FILES; do