diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 959faae90..4e819e90d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ linux-2.6 (3.2.4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * PCI: Rework ASPM disable code (fixes power usage regression on some
     systems)
 
+  [ Bastian Blank ]
+  * Remove unneeded scmversion workaround.
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:18:04 +0000
 
 linux-2.6 (3.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index d6232aa57..726cd8ad4 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ $(STAMPS_DIR)/source:
 	mkdir -p '$(DIR)'
 	cp -al $(SOURCE_FILES) '$(DIR)'
 	$(patch_cmd)
-	# Suppress trailing '+' in utsrelease
-	touch '$(DIR)/.scmversion'
 	@$(stamp)
 
 $(STAMPS_DIR)/source_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET): SOURCE_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/source