diff --git a/sm5/Makefile.am b/sm5/Makefile.am
index 53218262dbd6d30fa37af481027aa3f53ecce013..edf486f43805252d336bc6d054effbbdc95400af 100644
--- a/sm5/Makefile.am
+++ b/sm5/Makefile.am
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ svnversion.h: CHANGELOG Makefile $(srcdir)/.svn/entries
 	| sed 's,^,#define SMARTMONTOOLS_SVN_,' >> $@
 else
 
-# SVN not available, guess version info from $Id$ strings
+# SVN not available, guess version info from Id strings
 svnversion.h: CHANGELOG Makefile
 	echo '/* svnversion.h.  Generated by Makefile from Id strings.  */' > $@
 	(cd $(srcdir) && cat Makefile.am configure.in smart*.in *.cpp *.h *.s) \