diff --git a/deps/jemalloc/configure b/deps/jemalloc/configure
index 4feae0b4b..8c56c92a1 100755
--- a/deps/jemalloc/configure
+++ b/deps/jemalloc/configure
@@ -6965,24 +6965,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-
-if test "x`test ! \"${srcroot}\" && cd \"${srcroot}\"; git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null`" = "xtrue" ; then
-        rm -f "${objroot}VERSION"
-  for pattern in '[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]' '[0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9]' \
-                 '[0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9]' '[0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]' \
-                 '[0-9][0-9].[0-9].[0-9]' '[0-9][0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9]' \
-                 '[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9]' \
-                 '[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]'; do
-    if test ! -e "${objroot}VERSION" ; then
-      (test ! "${srcroot}" && cd "${srcroot}"; git describe --long --abbrev=40 --match="${pattern}") > "${objroot}VERSION.tmp" 2>/dev/null
-      if test $? -eq 0 ; then
-        mv "${objroot}VERSION.tmp" "${objroot}VERSION"
-        break
-      fi
-    fi
-  done
-fi
-rm -f "${objroot}VERSION.tmp"
 if test ! -e "${objroot}VERSION" ; then
   if test ! -e "${srcroot}VERSION" ; then
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: Missing VERSION file, and unable to generate it; creating bogus VERSION" >&5