diff --git a/II/Referatas/Makefile b/II/Referatas/Makefile
index 7cf9255..fc6c2d1 100644
--- a/II/Referatas/Makefile
+++ b/II/Referatas/Makefile
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ db/.faux_ready: zeimena.gpkg managedb
 
 GIT_DIR = $(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git
 version.tex: $(shell git ls-files .) $(GIT_DIR)
-	( \
-		date "+\\gdef\\GeneratedAt{%F %T %Z}%"; \
-		[ -n "$$(git status --porcelain)" ] && suffix="-dirty"; \
-		git describe --tags | awk '{print "\\gdef\\VCDescribe{"$$0"'$$suffix'}%"}'; \
-	) > $@
+	date "+\\gdef\\GeneratedAt{%F %T %Z}%" > $@
+	printf '\gdef\VCDescribe{%s%s}%%\n' \
+		$(shell git describe --tags) \
+		$(shell git status --porcelain | awk 'NR==1{print "-dirty";exit}') >> $@