diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/rockchip_linux_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/rockchip_linux_defconfig
index d511387f6e5672..a15639c9ab4643 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/rockchip_linux_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/rockchip_linux_defconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_DEBUGFS=y
diff --git a/dev.mk b/dev.mk
index 52b44b89a5952f..fb99709d9ed512 100644
--- a/dev.mk
+++ b/dev.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 RELEASE ?=
 KERNEL_DEFCONFIG ?= rockchip_linux_defconfig
 
+ifneq (,$(RELEASE))
+LOCALVERSION ?= -$(RELEASE)-ayufan-g$$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+else
+LOCALVERSION ?= -dev
+endif
+
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= $(shell $(KERNEL_MAKE) -s kernelversion)
 KERNEL_RELEASE ?= $(shell $(KERNEL_MAKE) -s kernelrelease)
 KDEB_PKGVERSION ?= $(KERNEL_VERSION)-$(RELEASE)-ayufan
@@ -8,24 +14,17 @@ KDEB_PKGVERSION ?= $(KERNEL_VERSION)-$(RELEASE)-ayufan
 KERNEL_MAKE ?= make \
 	ARCH=arm64 \
 	HOSTCC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc \
-	CROSS_COMPILE="ccache aarch64-linux-gnu-"
+	CROSS_COMPILE="ccache aarch64-linux-gnu-" \
+	LOCALVERSION=$(LOCALVERSION)
 
 .config: arch/arm64/configs/$(KERNEL_DEFCONFIG)
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE) $(KERNEL_DEFCONFIG)
 
-.PHONY: .scmversion
-.scmversion:
-ifneq (,$(RELEASE))
-	@echo "-$(RELEASE)-ayufan-g$$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" > .scmversion
-else
-	@echo "-dev" > .scmversion
-endif
-
 version:
 	@echo "$(KDEB_PKGVERSION)"
 
 .PHONY: info
-info: .config .scmversion
+info: .config
 	@echo $(KERNEL_RELEASE)
 
 .PHONY: kernel-menuconfig
@@ -36,33 +35,33 @@ kernel-menuconfig:
 	mv defconfig arch/arm64/configs/$(KERNEL_DEFCONFIG)
 
 .PHONY: kernel-image
-kernel-image: .config .scmversion
+kernel-image: .config
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE) Image dtbs -j$$(nproc)
 
 .PHONY: kernel-modules
-kernel-image-and-modules: .config .scmversion
+kernel-image-and-modules: .config
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE) Image modules dtbs -j$$(nproc)
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE) modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(CURDIR)/out/linux_modules
 
 .PHONY: kernel-package
-kernel-package: .config .scmversion
+kernel-package: .config
 	KDEB_PKGVERSION=$(KDEB_PKGVERSION) $(KERNEL_MAKE) bindeb-pkg -j$$(nproc)
 
 REMOTE_DIR ?= root@$(REMOTE_HOST):
 
 .PHONY: kernel-update-modules
-kernel-update-modules: .config .scmversion
+kernel-update-modules: .config
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE) modules -j$$(nproc)
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE) modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(CURDIR)/out/linux_modules
 	rsync --partial --checksum -av out/linux_modules/lib/modules/$(KERNEL_RELEASE) $(REMOTE_DIR)/lib/modules
 
 .PHONY: kernel-update-dts
-kernel-update-dts: .config .scmversion
+kernel-update-dts: .config
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE) dtbs -j$$(nproc)
 	rsync --partial --checksum --include="*.dtb" -rv arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip $(REMOTE_DIR)/boot/dtbs/$(KERNEL_RELEASE)
 
 .PHONY: kernel-update
-kernel-update-image: .scmversion
+kernel-update-image:
 	rsync --partial --checksum -rv arch/arm64/boot/Image $(REMOTE_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(KERNEL_RELEASE)
 	rsync --partial --checksum --include="*.dtb" -rv arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip $(REMOTE_DIR)/boot/dtbs/$(KERNEL_RELEASE)
 	rsync --partial --checksum -av out/linux_modules/lib/modules/$(KERNEL_RELEASE) $(REMOTE_DIR)/lib/modules