diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index c19de2d4..aa380e9a 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -16,32 +16,18 @@ ccflags-y += -I$(objtree)/security/selinux -include $(srctree)/include/uapi/asm-
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_KSU) += kernelsu.o
 
-REPO_OWNER := KernelSU-Next
-REPO_NAME := KernelSU-Next
-REPO_BRANCH := next
-
-GIT_BIN := /usr/bin/env PATH="$$PATH":/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin git
-CURL_BIN := /usr/bin/env PATH="$$PATH":/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin curl
-
-KSU_GITHUB_VERSION := $(shell $(CURL_BIN) -sI "https://api.github.com/repos/$(REPO_OWNER)/$(REPO_NAME)/commits?sha=$(REPO_BRANCH)&per_page=1" | grep -i "link:" | sed -n 's/.*page=\([0-9]*\)>; rel="last".*/\1/p')
-
-ifeq ($(KSU_GITHUB_VERSION),)
-  ifeq ($(shell test -e $(srctree)/$(src)/../.git; echo $$?),0)
-    $(shell cd $(srctree)/$(src); [ -f ../.git/shallow ] && $(GIT_BIN) fetch --unshallow)
-    KSU_LOCAL_VERSION := $(shell cd $(srctree)/$(src); $(GIT_BIN) rev-list --count HEAD)
-    $(eval KSU_VERSION := $(shell expr 10000 + $(KSU_LOCAL_VERSION) + 200))
-    $(info -- KernelSU-Next version (local .git): $(KSU_VERSION))
-  else
-    $(eval KSU_VERSION := 11998)
-    $(warning -- Could not fetch version online or via local .git! Using fallback version: $(KSU_VERSION))
-  endif
-else
-  $(eval KSU_VERSION := $(shell expr 10000 + $(KSU_GITHUB_VERSION) + 200))
-  $(info -- KernelSU-Next version (GitHub): $(KSU_VERSION))
-endif
-
+# .git is a text file while the module is imported by 'git submodule add'.
+ifeq ($(shell test -e $(srctree)/$(src)/../.git; echo $$?),0)
+$(shell cd $(srctree)/$(src); /usr/bin/env PATH="$$PATH":/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin [ -f ../.git/shallow ] && git fetch --unshallow)
+KSU_GIT_VERSION := $(shell cd $(srctree)/$(src); /usr/bin/env PATH="$$PATH":/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin git rev-list --count HEAD)
+# ksu_version: major * 10000 + git version + 200 for historical reasons
+$(eval KSU_VERSION=$(shell expr 10000 + $(KSU_GIT_VERSION) + 200))
 $(info -- KernelSU-Next version: $(KSU_VERSION))
 ccflags-y += -DKSU_VERSION=$(KSU_VERSION)
+else # If there is no .git file, the default version will be passed.
+$(warning "KSU_GIT_VERSION not defined! It is better to make KernelSU-Next a git submodule!")
+ccflags-y += -DKSU_VERSION=11998
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(shell grep -q " current_sid(void)" $(srctree)/security/selinux/include/objsec.h; echo $$?),0)
 ccflags-y += -DKSU_COMPAT_HAS_CURRENT_SID