diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/package b/tools/linux_packaging/package
index 76473e68a6..f405ad386b 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/package
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/package
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
 	esac
 done
 
-
-release_version=`grep -m 1 '^ardour_version' ../../SConstruct | cut -d' ' -f 3 | sed "s/'//g"`
-svn_version=`grep -m 1 'svn_revision =' ../../libs/ardour/svn_revision.cc | cut -d' ' -f 6 | sed 's/[";]//g'`
+release_version=`grep -m 1 '^VERSION' ../../wscript | awk '{print $3}' | sed "s/'//g"`
+svn_version=`grep -m 1 'svn_revision =' ../../libs/ardour/svn_revision.cc | cut -d"'" -f 2`
 
 X86_BUILD="${APPNAME}_x86-${release_version}_${svn_version}.tar.bz2"
 X86_64_BUILD="${APPNAME}_x86_64-${release_version}_${svn_version}.tar.bz2"