diff --git a/legacy/embryo/configure.ac b/legacy/embryo/configure.ac
index bd5867d535..0f2f57dd09 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/embryo/configure.ac
@@ -22,9 +22,16 @@ VMIN=`echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | awk -F. '{printf("%s", $2);}'`
 VMIC=`echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | awk -F. '{printf("%s", $3);}'`
 SNAP=`echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | awk -F. '{printf("%s", $4);}'`
 version_info=`expr $VMAJ + $VMIN`":$VMIC:$VMIN"
-release="ver-pre-svn-01"
-release_info="-release $release"
 AC_SUBST(version_info)
+
+release="ver-pre-svn-01"
+case "$host_os" in
+   mingw32ce* | cegcc*)
+      ;;
+   *)
+      release_info="-release $release"
+      ;;
+esac
 AC_SUBST(release_info)