diff --git a/build-shared.sh b/build-shared.sh
index afdd980ff4c605f5df8240f7275d1f618f05b665..896127d347826b03b3d0730e89b8871c277408b1 100755
--- a/build-shared.sh
+++ b/build-shared.sh
@@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ then
 fi
 #
 # get a new svn version header
-if [ "$WARNINGS" = "max" ]
-then
-    rm -f source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
-fi
-( cd source  ; ./texk/web2c/luatexdir/getluatexsvnversion.sh )
+#if [ "$WARNINGS" = "max" ]
+#then
+#    rm -f source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
+#fi
+#( cd source  ; ./texk/web2c/luatexdir/getluatexsvnversion.sh )
 
 
 JITENABLE=
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 79aa7a5e9762be3663b346dd2756ae7b90e37ea6..8ed938d8865030d4ba425c9ddf1655044db6b4e0 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ then
 fi
 #
 # get a new svn version header
-if [ "$WARNINGS" = "max" ]
-then
-    rm -f source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
-fi
-( cd source  ; ./texk/web2c/luatexdir/getluatexsvnversion.sh )
+#if [ "$WARNINGS" = "max" ]
+#then
+#    rm -f source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
+#fi
+#( cd source  ; ./texk/web2c/luatexdir/getluatexsvnversion.sh )
 
 cd "$B"