diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 53e733adc0..47befbaab0 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_USE_SPARSE
   KERNEL_MAKEOPTS += C=1 CHECK=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/sparse
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(strip $(CONFIG_KERNEL_GIT_CLONE_URI)),"")
+ KERNEL_MAKEOPTS += LOCALVERSION=
+endif
+
 export HOST_EXTRACFLAGS=-I$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include
 
 # defined in quilt.mk