diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 35fa8ec..7972b0c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ fi
 V_MAJOR=1
 V_MINOR=0
 V_BUILD=8
-V_EXTRA=-pre1
+V_EXTRA=
 
 PACKAGE=sane-frontends
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e0b7fcd..95c8c85 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/sane/config.h)
 V_MAJOR=1
 V_MINOR=0
 V_BUILD=8
-V_EXTRA=-pre1
+V_EXTRA=
 
 PACKAGE=sane-frontends