diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ea3ff2c07..dba588944c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -267,11 +267,7 @@ ENDIAN_CHECK=endian_check$(EXE)
 STRGEN=strgen/strgen$(EXE)
 OSXAPP="OpenTTD.app"
 
-ifdef RELEASE
-REV:=$(RELEASE)
-else
-REV := $(shell if test -d .svn; then svnversion . | awk '{ print "r"$$0 }'; fi)
-endif
+REV := 0.4.5
 
 # MorphOS needs builddate
 BUILDDATE=`date +%d.%m.%y`
diff --git a/network.c b/network.c
index b535e7a7a1..1786bb184e 100644
--- a/network.c
+++ b/network.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	extern const char _openttd_revision[];
 #elif defined(WITH_REV_HACK)
 	#define WITH_REV
-	const char _openttd_revision[] = WITH_REV_HACK;
+	const char _openttd_revision[] = "0.4.5";
 #else
 	const char _openttd_revision[] = NOREV_STRING;
 #endif
diff --git a/openttd.dsp b/openttd.dsp
index 898bbd6f4f..a675036a0e 100644
--- a/openttd.dsp
+++ b/openttd.dsp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RSC=rc.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /Yu"stdafx.h" /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /Gr /Zp4 /W3 /Zi /Ox /Oa /Ow /Og /Oi /Os /Gf /Gy /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER" /D "WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT" /D "WITH_PNG" /D "WITH_ZLIB" /D "ENABLE_NETWORK" /FAcs /FR /Yu"stdafx.h" /J /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /Gr /Zp4 /W3 /Zi /Ox /Oa /Ow /Og /Oi /Os /Gf /Gy /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER" /D "WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT" /D "WITH_PNG" /D "WITH_ZLIB" /D "ENABLE_NETWORK" /D "WITH_REV_HACK" /FAcs /FR /Yu"stdafx.h" /J /FD /c
 # SUBTRACT CPP /WX /Ot
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x809 /d "NDEBUG"
 # ADD RSC /l 0x809 /d "NDEBUG"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /Yu"stdafx.h" /FD /GZ /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "WITH_PNG" /D "WITH_ZLIB" /D "ENABLE_NETWORK" /D "WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT" /YX"stdafx.h" /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "WITH_PNG" /D "WITH_ZLIB" /D "ENABLE_NETWORK" /D "WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT" /D "WITH_REV_HACK" /YX"stdafx.h" /FD /GZ /c
 # SUBTRACT CPP /WX /Fr
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x809 /d "_DEBUG"
 # ADD RSC /l 0x809 /d "_DEBUG"
diff --git a/openttd.vcproj b/openttd.vcproj
index 1ffebc8cbe..f309b0e717 100644
--- a/openttd.vcproj
+++ b/openttd.vcproj
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="2"
 				OmitFramePointers="TRUE"
 				OptimizeForProcessor="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				ExceptionHandling="FALSE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="4"
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="5"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"