diff --git a/get_git_version b/get_git_version
index 9a20479..b2f0224 100755
--- a/get_git_version
+++ b/get_git_version
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const char LA::version[] =
 echo -n '"'
 echo -n `git describe`
 echo -n ' HEAD commit = '
-set head=`git rev-parse HEAD`
+head=`git rev-parse HEAD`
 echo -n $head
 echo -n ' dated '
 echo -n `git show -s --format=%ci $head`