diff --git a/development/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh b/development/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh
index 45adfd8f28..4fb754740b 100644
--- a/development/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh
+++ b/development/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh
@@ -303,11 +303,6 @@ if [ -z "${LyXVersion}" ]; then
 	LyXVersion=$(grep AC_INIT "${LyxSourceDir}"/configure.ac | cut -d, -f2 | tr -d " ()")
 fi
 LyXVersionSuffix=${LyXVersionSuffix:-$(echo "${LyXVersion}" | cut -d. -f1-2)}
-case "${LyXVersion}" in
-*dev*)
-	LyXGitCommitHash=$(cd "${LyxSourceDir}" ; git log -1 --pretty=format:%H)
-	;;
-esac
 
 LyxName="LyX"
 LyxBase="${LyxName}-${LyXVersion}"
@@ -632,10 +627,6 @@ build_lyx() {
 		CPPFLAGS="${SDKROOT:+-isysroot ${SDKROOT}} -arch ${arch} ${MYCFLAGS}"
 		LDFLAGS="${SDKROOT:+-isysroot ${SDKROOT}} -arch ${arch} ${MYCFLAGS}"
 
-		if [ -n "${LyXGitCommitHash}" ]; then
-			CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DLYX_GIT_COMMIT_HASH='${LyXGitCommitHash}'"
-		fi
-
 		if [ "$configure_qt_frameworks" = "yes" ]; then
 			export QT_CORE_CFLAGS="-FQtCore"
 			export QT_CORE_LIBS="-framework QtCore"