diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
index 12459cc0fb..d882675e2c 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 m4_define([v_maj], [0])
 m4_define([v_min], [9])
 m4_define([v_mic], [9])
-m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([svnversion . | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
-m4_ifelse(m4_len(v_rev), [0], m4_undefine([v_rev]))
+m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line
diff --git a/legacy/edje/configure.ac b/legacy/edje/configure.ac
index cfeb838d22..60beb79a78 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/edje/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 m4_define([v_maj], [0])
 m4_define([v_min], [9])
 m4_define([v_mic], [9])
-m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([svnversion . | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
-m4_ifelse(m4_len(v_rev), [0], m4_undefine([v_rev]))
+m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line
diff --git a/legacy/eet/configure.ac b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
index 657f63ac75..eed319c1af 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 m4_define([v_maj], [1])
 m4_define([v_min], [2])
 m4_define([v_mic], [3])
-m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([svnversion . | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
-m4_ifelse(m4_len(v_rev), [0], m4_undefine([v_rev]))
+m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 
+echo "LEN..................." m4_len(v_rev)
+
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.6 dist-bzip2])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/configure.ac b/legacy/efreet/configure.ac
index 68f54966a7..8ea64ec56a 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/efreet/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 m4_define([v_maj], [0])
 m4_define([v_min], [5])
 m4_define([v_mic], [0])
-m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([svnversion . | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
-m4_ifelse(m4_len(v_rev), [0], m4_undefine([v_rev]))
+m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line
diff --git a/legacy/eina/configure.ac b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
index 6692fb4e68..908196998a 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 m4_define([v_maj], [0])
 m4_define([v_min], [9])
 m4_define([v_mic], [9])
-m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([svnversion . | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
-m4_ifelse(m4_len(v_rev), [0], m4_undefine([v_rev]))
+m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/configure.ac b/legacy/embryo/configure.ac
index 840e01fc5b..457d131c2f 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/embryo/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 m4_define([v_maj], [0])
 m4_define([v_min], [9])
 m4_define([v_mic], [9])
-m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([svnversion . | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
-m4_ifelse(m4_len(v_rev), [0], m4_undefine([v_rev]))
+m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line
diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.ac b/legacy/evas/configure.ac
index 0202182836..cd199adcdd 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 m4_define([v_maj], [0])
 m4_define([v_min], [9])
 m4_define([v_mic], [9])
-m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([svnversion . | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
-m4_ifelse(m4_len(v_rev), [0], m4_undefine([v_rev]))
+m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line