diff --git a/F-Droid/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/F-Droid/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index e677bf1e0..2318576e8 100644
--- a/F-Droid/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/F-Droid/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <resources>
 
 	<string name="app_name">F-Droid</string>
-	<string name="version_name">0.88</string>
 
 	<string name="about_sitec">https://f-droid.org</string>
 	<string name="about_mailc">team@f-droid.org</string>
diff --git a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/SignedRepoUpdater.java b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/SignedRepoUpdater.java
index 8fbe3dee3..142c5d102 100644
--- a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/SignedRepoUpdater.java
+++ b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/SignedRepoUpdater.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.fdroid.fdroid.updater;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.FDroidApp;
@@ -109,7 +110,13 @@ public class SignedRepoUpdater extends RepoUpdater {
 
     @Override
     protected String getIndexAddress() {
-        return repo.address + "/index.jar?client_version=" + context.getString(R.string.version_name);
+        try {
+            String versionName = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0).versionName;
+            return repo.address + "/index.jar?client_version=" + versionName;
+        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return repo.address + "/index.jar";
     }
 
     /**