diff --git a/version/mkversion.sh b/version/mkversion.sh
index b28f50e4b..f9bc79b84 100755
--- a/version/mkversion.sh
+++ b/version/mkversion.sh
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@ xcode() {
     patch=$(echo "$ver" | cut -f3 -d.)
     changecount=$(echo "$ver" | cut -f4 -d.)
 
-    # name should be like git-describe, but without the git suffix or
-    # the leading v. For example, for git-describe of
-    # "v0.100.0-15-gce1b52bb7" we want:
-    #
-    #   VERSION_NAME = 0.100.0-15
-    #   VERSION_ID = 100.100.15
-    name=$(echo "$describe" | sed -e 's/^v//' | sed -e 's/-g.*//' | sed -e 's/-0$//')
-
     # Apple version numbers must be major.minor.patch. We have 4 fields
     # because we need major.minor.patch for go module compatibility, and
     # changecount for automatic version numbering of unstable builds. To
@@ -76,8 +68,8 @@ xcode() {
     patch=$((patch*10000 + changecount))
 
     # CFBundleShortVersionString: the "short name" used in the App Store.
-    # e.g. 0.92.98
-    echo "VERSION_NAME = $name"
+    # eg. 0.92.98
+    echo "VERSION_NAME = $major.$minor.$patch"
     # CFBundleVersion: the build number. Needs to be 3 numeric sections
     # that increment for each release according to SemVer rules.
     #
diff --git a/version/mkversion_test.go b/version/mkversion_test.go
index 5837a7bc3..c69a0a167 100644
--- a/version/mkversion_test.go
+++ b/version/mkversion_test.go
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func xcode(name, semver string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("VERSION_NAME = %s\nVERSION_ID = %s", name, semver)
+func xcode(short, long string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("VERSION_NAME = %s\nVERSION_ID = %s", short, long)
 }
 
 func mkversion(t *testing.T, mode, in string) string {
 	t.Helper()
 	bs, err := exec.Command("./mkversion.sh", mode, in).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Logf("mkversion.sh output: %s", bs)
+		t.Logf("mkversion.sh output: %s", string(bs))
 		t.Fatalf("mkversion.sh %s %s: %v", mode, in, err)
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(bs))
@@ -32,15 +32,12 @@ func TestMkversion(t *testing.T) {
 		short string
 		xcode string
 	}{
-		{"v0.98-gabcdef", "0.98.0-0-gabcdef", "0.98.0-0", xcode("0.98", "100.98.0")},
-		{"v0.98-123-gabcdef", "0.98.0-123-gabcdef", "0.98.0-123", xcode("0.98-123", "100.98.123")},
-		{"v0.99.5-123-gabcdef", "0.99.5-123-gabcdef", "0.99.5-123", xcode("0.99.5-123", "100.99.50123")},
-		{"v0.99.5-123-gabcdef", "0.99.5-123-gabcdef", "0.99.5-123", xcode("0.99.5-123", "100.99.50123")},
-		{"v0.100.0-gabcdef", "0.100.0-0-gabcdef", "0.100.0-0", xcode("0.100.0", "100.100.0")},
-		{"v0.100.0-1-gabcdef", "0.100.0-1-gabcdef", "0.100.0-1", xcode("0.100.0-1", "100.100.1")},
-		{"v0.100.1-2-gabcdef", "0.100.1-2-gabcdef", "0.100.1-2", xcode("0.100.1-2", "100.100.10002")},
-		{"v2.3-0-gabcdef", "2.3.0-0-gabcdef", "2.3.0-0", xcode("2.3", "102.3.0")},
-		{"1.2.3-4-gabcdef", "1.2.3-4-gabcdef", "1.2.3-4", xcode("1.2.3-4", "101.2.30004")},
+		{"v0.98-abcdef", "0.98.0-0-abcdef", "0.98.0-0", xcode("0.98.0", "100.98.0")},
+		{"v0.98-123-abcdef", "0.98.0-123-abcdef", "0.98.0-123", xcode("0.98.123", "100.98.123")},
+		{"v0.99.5-123-abcdef", "0.99.5-123-abcdef", "0.99.5-123", xcode("0.99.50123", "100.99.50123")},
+		{"v0.99.5-123-abcdef", "0.99.5-123-abcdef", "0.99.5-123", xcode("0.99.50123", "100.99.50123")},
+		{"v2.3-0-abcdef", "2.3.0-0-abcdef", "2.3.0-0", xcode("2.3.0", "102.3.0")},
+		{"1.2.3-4-abcdef", "1.2.3-4-abcdef", "1.2.3-4", xcode("1.2.30004", "101.2.30004")},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ func TestMkversion(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("mkversion.sh short %q: got %q, want %q", test.in, gotshort, test.short)
 		}
 		if gotxcode != test.xcode {
-			t.Errorf("mkversion.sh xcode %q:\ngot:\n%q\nwant:\n%q", test.in, gotxcode, test.xcode)
+			t.Errorf("mkversion.sh xcode %q: got %q, want %q", test.in, gotxcode, test.xcode)
 		}
 	}
 }