diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b063208082d6c58349a9ae3977d04f8cbf5f7d18..1876ba1f9c58bd633164d701db4bdc3974e5c39d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [1])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc5])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,