diff --git a/src/cc65/make/gcc.mak b/src/cc65/make/gcc.mak
index 3e3044091..6116331f1 100644
--- a/src/cc65/make/gcc.mak
+++ b/src/cc65/make/gcc.mak
@@ -27,14 +27,10 @@ LDFLAGS = -lm
 
 # Determine the svn version number if possible
 ifneq "$(shell which svnversion 2>/dev/null)" ""
-ifneq "$(wildcard .svn)" ""
 SVNVERSION=$(shell svnversion)
 else
 SVNVERSION=unknown
 endif
-else
-SVNVERSION=unknown
-endif
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Object files and libraries to link