diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 85d70e71f95d195be703cad40c0207ba59b2edb3..5eb2a5b4d09fe127dfeb8f6e0a731c4ff762760d 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ version=20c
 SRCDIR=src
 BINDIR=bin
 TOOLDIR=$BINDIR
-VERSION="`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`"
-GIT_HASH="`(cd src; git describe --dirty 2>/dev/null)`"
-# Add the tree hash to the version
-VERSION="$VERSION $GIT_HASH"
 OLDLISPFLAGS="-noinit -nositeinit"
 OLDLISP="cmulisp"
 
@@ -112,6 +108,7 @@ esac
 
 buildit ()
 {
+    set -x
     if echo $INTERACTIVE_BUILD | grep $BUILD > /dev/null; then
 	INTERACTIVE=t
     else
@@ -142,6 +139,7 @@ buildit ()
 	$TARGET/lisp/lisp -batch -noinit -nositeinit $FPU_MODE < /dev/null || { echo "Failed: $TARGET/lisp/lisp -batch -noinit $FPU_MODE"; exit 1; }
 	return 0;
     fi
+    set +x
 }
 
 FPU_MODE=