diff --git a/jbuilder.opam b/jbuilder.opam
index e2dd5674..d1cd7e5a 100644
--- a/jbuilder.opam
+++ b/jbuilder.opam
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ homepage: "https://github.com/ocaml/dune"
 bug-reports: "https://github.com/ocaml/dune/issues"
 dev-repo: "https://github.com/ocaml/dune.git"
 license: "MIT"
-build: ["dune" "--version"]
+build: []
 # CR-soon diml: uncomment this once we have a dune package in opam.
 # We have to wait otherwise "opam pin add jbuilder --dev" fails with
 # an error that is hard to understand.