diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5db2a56b..dbdbe9b2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,8 +53,3 @@ SYMBOLS: $(LIB_A)
 
 check_symversion:
 	$(symversion) | diff SYMBOLS - | sed '/^</ !d'
-
-blah:
-	@echo RPM_VERSION = $(RPM_VERSION)
-	@echo DIST_VERSION = $(DIST_VERSION)
-
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f73379cf..d51f8952 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.4-11-dev
+1.2.4-12-dev