diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9bb41482..eb08379f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	.version \
 	autogen.sh \
 	COPYING.LIB \
-	misc/git-version-gen \
+	local/git-version-gen \
 	doc/CodingStyle.md \
 	doc/TODO \
 	src/ps/HACKING \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7c9ade65..93670fca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_INIT([procps-ng],
-	m4_esyscmd([misc/git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+	m4_esyscmd([local/git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
 	[procps@freelists.org],,[https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.11 subdir-objects -Wall -Wno-portability tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
diff --git a/misc/git-version-gen b/local/git-version-gen
similarity index 100%
rename from misc/git-version-gen
rename to local/git-version-gen