diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6d1a94def0f..13407d81dd0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl Setup
 dnl ###########################################################################
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT([pioneer], [alpha-13-freeze], [pioneer-dev@pioneerspacesim.net])
+AC_INIT([pioneer], [alpha-13], [pioneer-dev@pioneerspacesim.net])
 dnl AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign dist-bzip2 dist-xz dist-zip])
diff --git a/src/buildopts.h b/src/buildopts.h
index b397b8a11d0..190ec2a94bc 100644
--- a/src/buildopts.h
+++ b/src/buildopts.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 // game version. usually defined by configure
 #ifndef PIONEER_VERSION
-#define PIONEER_VERSION "alpha 13 freeze"
+#define PIONEER_VERSION "alpha 13"
 #endif
 #ifndef PIONEER_EXTRAVERSION
 #define PIONEER_EXTRAVERSION ""