diff --git a/main/libxklavier/APKBUILD b/main/libxklavier/APKBUILD
index bbcaee27939663aa9efd7ce0223e313bdbd619d7..267a7958eee2a29c755bf49d9df5a5b1d865937c 100644
--- a/main/libxklavier/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/libxklavier/APKBUILD
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ depends_dev="gettext-dev libxkbfile-dev"
 makedepends="$depends_dev glib-dev libxi-dev iso-codes-dev
 	gobject-introspection-dev python3 libxml2-dev"
 
-_v=$pkgver
-case $pkgver in
-*.*.*) _v=${pkgver%.*};;
-*.*.*.*) _v=${pkgver%.*.*};;
-esac
-
 source="https://people.freedesktop.org/~svu/libxklavier-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
 
 prepare() {