--- a/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "Main.h"
 #include "Bundle.h"
 
-#include <build/version.h>
 #include <utils/Compat.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <utils/threads.h>
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
     if (bundle->getFileSpecCount() != 0) {
         printf("(ignoring extra arguments)\n");
     }
-    printf("Android Asset Packaging Tool, v0.2-%s\n", android::build::GetBuildNumber().c_str());
+    printf("Android Asset Packaging Tool, v0.2-%s\n", "debian");
 
     return 0;
 }
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #include "android-base/stringprintf.h"
 #include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
-#include "build/version.h"
 
 #include "text/Unicode.h"
 #include "text/Utf8Iterator.h"
@@ -214,10 +213,7 @@
   // Update minor version whenever a feature or flag is added.
   static const char* const sMinorVersion = "19";
 
-  // The build id of aapt2 binary.
-  static const std::string sBuildId = android::build::GetBuildNumber();
-
-  return android::base::StringPrintf("%s.%s-%s", sMajorVersion, sMinorVersion, sBuildId.c_str());
+  return android::base::StringPrintf("%s.%s-%s", sMajorVersion, sMinorVersion, "debian");
 }
 
 static size_t ConsumeDigits(const char* start, const char* end) {