diff --git a/common/Make.rules b/common/Make.rules
index 4d74f7520..5059053c4 100644
--- a/common/Make.rules
+++ b/common/Make.rules
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ tarball: clean $(TARBALL)
 dist: clean $(SPECFILE)
 	-rm -rf $(RELEASE_DIR)
 	svn export -r $(REPO_VERSION) $(REPO_URL) $(RELEASE_DIR)
-	svn export -r $(REPO_VERSION) $(COMMON_REPO_URL) $(RELEASE_DIR)/common
+	svn export $(COMMON_REPO_URL) $(RELEASE_DIR)/common
 	$(TAR) -f $(TARBALL) $(RELEASE_DIR)
 	rm -rf $(RELEASE_DIR)