diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29474bb..14cadb1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2020-11-09  Jacob Bachmeyer  <jcb@gnu.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: Revert development version branch tagging hook.
+	* Makefile.am: Likewise.
+
+	These caused failures (reported in PR44462 as a secondary issue)
+	when a source tree is copied out of a Git directory.
+
 2020-08-31  Jacob Bachmeyer  <jcb@gnu.org>
 
 	* doc/runtest.1: Add brief GFDL notice.  License notice in the
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fb75367..bd5b0fc 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -233,7 +233,3 @@ dejagnu_TEXINFOS = doc/fdl.texi
 
 pip-install:
 	pip3 install --upgrade -e $(top_srcdir)
-
-install-data-hook:
-	revision=`cd $(srcdir) &&  git rev-parse --short HEAD` \
-	&& sed -i -e "s/^set *frame_version.*/set frame_version $(BRANCH)-$${revision}/" $(pkgdatadir)/runtest.exp
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 71bff39..40ee6cc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ then
   DEJAGNU="/dev/null"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(DEJAGNU)
-
-# See what branch we're in
-# FIXME: this will need to deal with a release branch and
-# do something different
-BRANCH=$(cd ${srcdir} && git branch | grep '^\*' | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-AC_SUBST(BRANCH)
+dnl Makefile.am arranges for DEJAGNU to be exported in the environment.
 
 AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])