diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 97c610c7..aa81eff0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3804,7 +3804,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Could not find perl binary. Try --disable-perl" >&2;}
 	fi
 fi
 
-VERSION=`grep '#define VERSION' main.h | awk '{print $3}' | head -n 1`
+VERSION=0.048
 #
 # Auto detect modules
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 061bbc78..3cf60fcb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ if test "$MODULES" = "yes"; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-VERSION=`grep '#define VERSION' main.h | awk '{print $3}' | head -n 1`
+VERSION=AC_PACKAGE_VERSION
 #
 # Auto detect modules