diff --git a/config/environment.rb.tmpl b/config/environment.rb.tmpl
index e30c5084..b9fbcf86 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb.tmpl
+++ b/config/environment.rb.tmpl
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ end
 # setting this to true will make the cookies only available over HTTPS
 TRACKS_COOKIES_SECURE = false  
 
-tracks_version='1.7-devel'
+tracks_version='1.7RC'
 
 # comment out next two lines if you do not want (or can not) the date of the 
 # last git commit in the footer
-info=`git log --pretty=format:"%ai" -1`
-tracks_version=tracks_version + ' ('+info+')'
+# info=`git log --pretty=format:"%ai" -1`
+# tracks_version=tracks_version + ' ('+info+')'
 
 TRACKS_VERSION=tracks_version