diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f4d4afdd9..eb9c734af0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-list -1 HEAD)
 
 PACKAGE = github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
 GO_FLAGS += -buildvcs=false
-GO_LDFLAGS += -ldflags "-X ${PACKAGE}/params.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} "
+GO_LDFLAGS += -ldflags "-X ${PACKAGE}/params.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}"
 
 TESTALL = $$(go list ./... | grep -v go-ethereum/cmd/)
 TESTE2E = ./tests/...
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index d4695aef88..43c0ac2ff2 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	GitCommit    = ""
 	VersionMajor = 0      // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3      // Minor version component of the current release
 	VersionPatch = 9      // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "beta" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
+var GitCommit string
+
 // Version holds the textual version string.
 var Version = func() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", VersionMajor, VersionMinor, VersionPatch)
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ var VersionWithMetaCommitDetails = func() string {
 	if VersionMeta != "" {
 		v += "-" + VersionMeta
 	}
-	v_git := fmt.Sprintf("Version : %s\nGitCommit : %s\n", v, GitCommit)
+	v_git := fmt.Sprintf("Version: %s\nGitCommit: %s", v, GitCommit)
 	return v_git
 }()