Index: Makefile
--- Makefile.orig	2016-03-29 21:19:05.000000000 +0200
+++ Makefile	2016-04-05 22:42:27.237328656 +0200
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 VERSION=$(shell ./genver.sh -r)
 ENABLE_REGEX=1  # Enable regex probes
-USELIBCONFIG=1	# Use libconfig? (necessary to use configuration files)
+USELIBCONFIG= 	# Use libconfig? (necessary to use configuration files)
 USELIBPCRE=	# Use libpcre? (needed for regex on musl)
 USELIBWRAP?=	# Use libwrap?
 USELIBCAP=	# Use libcap?
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 BINDIR?=$(PREFIX)/sbin
 MANDIR?=$(PREFIX)/share/man/man8
 
-MAN=sslh.8.gz	# man page name
+MAN=sslh.8	# man page name
 
 # End of configuration -- the rest should take care of
 # itself
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 CC ?= gcc
 CFLAGS ?=-Wall -g $(CFLAGS_COV)
+LDFLAGS=
 
 LIBS=
 OBJS=common.o sslh-main.o probe.o tls.o
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o echosrv echosrv.o probe.o common.o tls.o $(LIBS)
 
 $(MAN): sslh.pod Makefile
-	pod2man --section=8 --release=$(VERSION) --center=" " sslh.pod | gzip -9 - > $(MAN)
+	pod2man --section=8 --release=$(VERSION) --center=" " sslh.pod > $(MAN)
 
 # Create release: export clean tree and tag current
 # configuration
Index: genver.sh
--- genver.sh.orig	2016-03-29 21:19:05.000000000 +0200
+++ genver.sh	2016-04-05 22:42:09.207245923 +0200
@@ -7,37 +7,7 @@
 	QUIET=0
 fi
 
-if ! `(git status | grep -q "On branch") 2> /dev/null`; then
-        # If we don't have git, we can't work out what
-        # version this is. It must have been downloaded as a
-        # zip file. 
-        
-        # If downloaded from the release page, the directory
-        # has the version number.
-        release=`pwd | sed s/.*sslh-// | grep "[[:digit:]]"`
-        
-        if [ "x$release" = "x" ]; then
-            # If downloaded from the head, Github creates the
-            # zip file with all files dated from the last
-            # change: use the Makefile's modification time as a
-            # release number
-            release=head-`perl -MPOSIX -e 'print strftime "%Y-%m-%d",localtime((stat "Makefile")[9])'`
-        fi
-fi
-
-if head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
-	# generate the version info based on the tag
-	release=`(git describe --tags || git --describe || git describe --all --long) \
-		2>/dev/null | tr -d '\n'`
-
-	# Are there uncommitted changes?
-	git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
-	if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | grep -v "^scripts/package" \
-	    | read dummy; then
-		release="$release-dirty"
-	fi
-fi
-
+release="1.17"
 
 if [ $QUIET -ne 1 ]; then
 	printf "#ifndef VERSION_H \n"