diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6f564c1..948b036 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-version := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | \
-	sed -ne 's/^Version: *\([0-9]\+:\)*//p')
-
 DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/libccid/
 
 export DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
@@ -20,9 +17,6 @@ else
 	confflags += --build $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --host $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
 endif
 
-tag:
-	cvs tag -c -F $(subst .,_,debian_version_$(version))
-
 configure: configure-stamp
 configure-stamp:
 	dh_testdir