 
 git_head      = child_process.execSync("git rev-parse HEAD")
 GIT_REV       = git_head.toString().trim()
-[err, SMC_VERSION] = misc_node.get_smc_version_sync()
-if err?
-    console.error "get_smc_version_sync error: #{err}"
-    process.exit(1)
 TITLE         = 'SageMathCloud'
 SMC_REPO      = 'https://github.com/sagemathinc/smc'
 SMC_LICENSE   = 'GPLv3'


# this is the main indes.html file, which should be served without any caching
jade2html = new HtmlWebpackPlugin
                        date     : dateISO
                        title    : TITLE
                        git_rev  : GIT_REV
                        mathjax  : MATHJAX_URL

NODE_ENV      = process.env.NODE_ENV || DEVEL
PRODMODE      = NODE_ENV != DEVEL
DEVMODE       = not PRODMODE
date          = new Date()
BUILD_DATE    = date.toISOString()
BUILD_TS      = date.getTime()

# create a file base_url to set a base url
BASE_URL      = misc_node.BASE_URL
