diff --git a/webrtc/build/common.gypi b/webrtc/build/common.gypi
index 0c47315d4..c232f2b8f 100644
--- a/webrtc/build/common.gypi
+++ b/webrtc/build/common.gypi
@@ -151,12 +151,6 @@
       # use full paths (e.g. headers inside testing/ or third_party/).
       '<(DEPTH)',
     ],
-    'defines': [
-      # TODO(leozwang): Run this as a gclient hook rather than at build-time:
-      # http://code.google.com/p/webrtc/issues/detail?id=687
-      'WEBRTC_SVNREVISION="Unavailable(issue687)"',
-      #'WEBRTC_SVNREVISION="<!(python <(webrtc_root)/build/version.py)"',
-    ],
     'conditions': [
       ['restrict_webrtc_logging==1', {
         'defines': ['WEBRTC_RESTRICT_LOGGING',],
diff --git a/webrtc/video_engine/vie_base_impl.cc b/webrtc/video_engine/vie_base_impl.cc
index 17aab2e4f..6198694d9 100644
--- a/webrtc/video_engine/vie_base_impl.cc
+++ b/webrtc/video_engine/vie_base_impl.cc
@@ -397,8 +397,7 @@ int ViEBaseImpl::GetVersion(char version[1024]) {
   version_stream << "VideoEngine 3.47.0" << std::endl;
 
   // Add build info.
-  version_stream << "Build: svn:" << WEBRTC_SVNREVISION << " " << BUILDINFO
-                 << std::endl;
+  version_stream << "Build: " << BUILDINFO << std::endl;
 
 #ifdef WEBRTC_EXTERNAL_TRANSPORT
   version_stream << "External transport build" << std::endl;
diff --git a/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc b/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc
index 402395d4b..682a4a5af 100644
--- a/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc
+++ b/webrtc/voice_engine/voe_base_impl.cc
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ int VoEBaseImpl::GetVersion(char version[1024])
 
 int32_t VoEBaseImpl::AddBuildInfo(char* str) const
 {
-    return sprintf(str, "Build: svn:%s %s\n", WEBRTC_SVNREVISION, BUILDINFO);
+    return sprintf(str, "Build: %s\n", BUILDINFO);
 }
 
 int32_t VoEBaseImpl::AddVoEVersion(char* str) const