diff --git a/caddy.go b/caddy.go
index 0fda9bc..42a3b79 100644
--- a/caddy.go
+++ b/caddy.go
@@ -875,39 +875,7 @@ func Version() (simple, full string) {
 	}
 
 	if full == "" {
-		var vcsRevision string
-		var vcsTime time.Time
-		var vcsModified bool
-		for _, setting := range bi.Settings {
-			switch setting.Key {
-			case "vcs.revision":
-				vcsRevision = setting.Value
-			case "vcs.time":
-				vcsTime, _ = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, setting.Value)
-			case "vcs.modified":
-				vcsModified, _ = strconv.ParseBool(setting.Value)
-			}
-		}
-
-		if vcsRevision != "" {
-			var modified string
-			if vcsModified {
-				modified = "+modified"
-			}
-			full = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s (%s)", vcsRevision, modified, vcsTime.Format(time.RFC822))
-			simple = vcsRevision
-
-			// use short checksum for simple, if hex-only
-			if _, err := hex.DecodeString(simple); err == nil {
-				simple = simple[:8]
-			}
-
-			// append date to simple since it can be convenient
-			// to know the commit date as part of the version
-			if !vcsTime.IsZero() {
-				simple += "-" + vcsTime.Format("20060102")
-			}
-		}
+		full = "unknown"
 	}
 
 	if simple == "" || simple == "(devel)" {
