diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dce532b07..a46f2d664 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ message( STATUS "Generating monolithic cblas header file :" ${CMD_OUTPUT})
 # setting the blis version string
 file (STRINGS "version" BLIS_VERSION)
 set(BLIS_VERSION_STRING ${BLIS_VERSION})
-add_definitions(-DBLIS_VERSION_STRING="AOCL BLIS ${BLIS_VERSION_STRING}")
+string(TIMESTAMP BUILD_DATE "%Y%m%d")
+add_definitions(-DBLIS_VERSION_STRING="AOCL-BLIS ${BLIS_VERSION_STRING} Build ${BUILD_DATE}")
 
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_library("${PROJECT_NAME}" SHARED ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bli_config.h
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 02f34360a..0fdf659a9 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #  libraries.
 #
 #  Copyright (C) 2014, The University of Texas at Austin
-#  Copyright (C) 2020-2021, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#  Copyright (C) 2020-2022, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 #  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 #  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ BLIS_H_FLAT     := $(BASE_INC_PATH)/$(BLIS_H)
 # header files.
 CBLAS_H          := cblas.h
 CBLAS_H_SRC_PATH := $(filter %/$(CBLAS_H), $(FRAME_H99_FILES))
+CBLAS_H_DIRPATH  := $(dir $(CBLAS_H_SRC_PATH))
 
 # Construct the path to what will be the intermediate flattened/monolithic
 # cblas.h file.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b35348abd..e18f98f6a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1819,67 +1819,13 @@ try_assemble()
 
 set_default_version()
 {
-	local gitdir version_file gd_stderr git_describe_str git_error new_version_str
-
-	gitdir='.git'
-
 	# The path to the version file.
 	version_file=$1
 
 	echo "${script_name}: determining default version string."
 
-	# Check if the .git dir exists; if it does not, we do nothing.
-	if [ -d "${dist_path}/${gitdir}" ]; then
-
-		echo "${script_name}: found '${gitdir}' directory; assuming git clone."
-
-		echo "${script_name}: executing: git describe --tags."
-
-		gd_stderr="git_describe_stderr.txt"
-
-		# Query git for the version string, which is simply the current tag,
-		# followed by a number signifying how many commits have transpired
-		# since the tag, followed by a 'g' and a shortened hash tab. Capture
-		# stderr to a file.
-		git_describe_str=$(git -C ${dist_path} describe --tags 2> ${gd_stderr})
-
-		# Pull in whatever error message was generated, if any, and delete
-		# the file.
-		git_error=$(cat ${gd_stderr})
-
-		# Remove the stderr file.
-		rm -f ${gd_stderr}
-
-		# If git returned an error, don't do anything.
-		if [ -n "${git_error}" ]; then
-
-			echo "${script_name}: git returned an error: '${git_error}'."
-			echo "${script_name}: using string from unmodified version file."
-
-			# Use what's in the version file as-is.
-			version="AOCL BLIS $(cat "${version_file}")"
-		else
-
-			echo "${script_name}: got back ${git_describe_str}."
-
-			# Strip off the commit hash label.
-			new_version_str=$(echo ${git_describe_str} | cut -d- -f2)
-
-			echo "${script_name}: truncating to ${new_version_str}."
-
-			# Write the new version string to the version file.
-			#echo "${new_version_str}" > ${version_file}
-
-			# Set the version variable.
-			version="AOCL BLIS ${new_version_str}"
-		fi
-	else
-
-		echo "${script_name}: could not find '${gitdir}' directory; using unmodified version file."
-
-		# Use what's in the version file as-is.
-		version="AOCL BLIS $(cat "${version_file}")"
-	fi
+	# Use what's in the version file as-is.
+	version="AOCL-BLIS $(cat "${version_file}") Build $(date +%Y%m%d)"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/frame/base/bli_info.c b/frame/base/bli_info.c
index 73ac5b3f5..cc350ab60 100644
--- a/frame/base/bli_info.c
+++ b/frame/base/bli_info.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    libraries.
 
    Copyright (C) 2014, The University of Texas at Austin
-   Copyright (C) 2018 - 2019, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 - 2022, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
 
    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 // This string gets defined via -D on the command line when BLIS is compiled.
 // This string is (or rather, should be) only used here.
-static char* bli_version_str       = "3.2.1"; //BLIS_VERSION_STRING;
+static char* bli_version_str       = BLIS_VERSION_STRING;
 static char* bli_int_type_size_str = STRINGIFY_INT( BLIS_INT_TYPE_SIZE );
 
 char* bli_info_get_version_str( void )                { return bli_version_str; }