-___localver = $(objtree)/localversion* $(srctree)/localversion*
-__localver = $(sort $(wildcard $(___localver)))
-# skip backup files (containing '~')
-_localver = $(foreach f, $(__localver), $(if $(findstring ~, $(f)),,$(f)))
-
-localver = $(subst $(space),, \
- $(shell cat /dev/null $(_localver)) \
- $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_LOCALVERSION)))
+localver = $(subst $(space),, $(string) \
+ $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_LOCALVERSION)))