diff --git a/contrib/dist/make_dist_tarball b/contrib/dist/make_dist_tarball
index 4d34c652f6..296106c5ca 100755
--- a/contrib/dist/make_dist_tarball
+++ b/contrib/dist/make_dist_tarball
@@ -305,3 +305,5 @@ if test "$greekonly" = "0"; then
     make_tarball
 fi
 
+# Put the VERSION file back the way it was
+svn revert VERSION