diff --git a/git-version-gen b/git-version-gen
index 8e59c5a..42cf3d2 100755
--- a/git-version-gen
+++ b/git-version-gen
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 if test -n "$v"
 then
     : # use $v
-elif test -d ./.git \
-    && v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null \
+elif
+       v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null \
 	  || git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
     && case $v in
 	 [0-9]*) ;;