diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e0cdb29a21..7427129687 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   intltool-extract.in \
   intltool-merge.in \
   intltool-update.in \
-  util/gnc-scm-info
+  util/gnc-vcs-info
 
 ## We borrow guile's convention and use @-...-@ as the substitution
 ## brackets here, instead of the usual @...@.  This prevents autoconf
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1551f1e757..87ee5c5ab7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ CFLAGS="${cflags_save}"
 
 # test whether we are building directly from svn/svk/git/bzr
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(if building from an scm managed directory)
-"$srcdir/util/gnc-scm-info" -r "$srcdir" >/dev/null 2>&1
+"$srcdir/util/gnc-vcs-info" -r "$srcdir" >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? = 0 -o "x${BUILDING_FROM_VCS}" = "xyes" ; then
   BUILDING_FROM_VCS=yes
-  SCM_TYPE=$("$srcdir/util/gnc-scm-info" -t "$srcdir")
+  SCM_TYPE=$("$srcdir/util/gnc-vcs-info" -t "$srcdir")
   AC_MSG_RESULT($SCM_TYPE)
 
   if test "x${SCM_TYPE}" = "xgit"; then
@@ -218,23 +218,23 @@ else
   BUILDING_FROM_VCS=no
   SCM_TYPE=
 
-  # Make sure we've got swig-runtime.h and gnc-scm-info.h
+  # Make sure we've got swig-runtime.h and gnc-vcs-info.h
   AC_CHECK_FILE(${srcdir}/src/swig-runtime.h, [],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([
 
 It looks like you are NOT building from Subversion, svk, git or bzr
 but I cannot find swig-runtime.h.  Check your PATH and make sure
-we can find gnc-scm-info in your PATH!
+we can find gnc-vcs-info in your PATH!
 Either that or contact gnucash-devel@gnucash.org because
 the tarball you downloaded is broken.
 
     ])])
-  AC_CHECK_FILE(${srcdir}/src/core-utils/gnc-scm-info.h, [],
+  AC_CHECK_FILE(${srcdir}/src/core-utils/gnc-vcs-info.h, [],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([
 
 It looks like you are NOT building from Subversion, svk, git or bzr
-but I cannot find gnc-scm-info.h.  Check your PATH and make sure
-we can find gnc-scm-info in your PATH!
+but I cannot find gnc-vcs-info.h.  Check your PATH and make sure
+we can find gnc-vcs-info in your PATH!
 Either that or contact gnucash-devel@gnucash.org because
 the tarball you downloaded is broken.
 
diff --git a/src/core-utils/Makefile.am b/src/core-utils/Makefile.am
index 84acca94e9..e207dffe05 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/core-utils/Makefile.am
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ endif
 
 noinst_DATA = .scm-links
 BUILT_SOURCES = gncla-dir.h gnc-version.h
-EXTRA_DIST = $(gncscmmod_DATA) core-utils.i gncla-dir.h.in gnc-scm-info.h
+EXTRA_DIST = $(gncscmmod_DATA) core-utils.i gncla-dir.h.in gnc-vcs-info.h
 clean-local:
 	rm -rf gnucash
 
@@ -160,37 +160,37 @@ gnc-version.h: _gnc-version.h
 	-cmp -s _gnc-version.h gnc-version.h || cp _gnc-version.h gnc-version.h
 	-rm -f _gnc-version.h
 
-_gnc-version.h: gnc-scm-info.h Makefile
+_gnc-version.h: gnc-vcs-info.h Makefile
 	@echo "/* Autogenerated. Do not change. */"   > _gnc-version.h
 	@echo "#ifndef GNC_VERSION_H"                >> _gnc-version.h
 	@echo "#define GNC_VERSION_H"                >> _gnc-version.h
 	@echo ""                                     >> _gnc-version.h
-	@scm_info=`${top_srcdir}/util/gnc-scm-info -t ${top_srcdir}` ; \
+	@scm_info=`${top_srcdir}/util/gnc-vcs-info -t ${top_srcdir}` ; \
 	if [ $$? = 0 ] ; then \
 		echo "#define GNUCASH_SCM \"$$scm_info\"" >> _gnc-version.h ; \
 	fi
 	@echo "#define GNUCASH_BUILD_DATE \"`date +%Y-%m-%d`\"" >> _gnc-version.h
-	@echo "#include \"gnc-scm-info.h\""          >> _gnc-version.h
+	@echo "#include \"gnc-vcs-info.h\""          >> _gnc-version.h
 	@echo "#endif"                               >> _gnc-version.h
 
-gnc-scm-info.h: _gnc-scm-info.h
-	-if [ ! -f gnc-scm-info.h ]; then cp _gnc-scm-info.h gnc-scm-info.h; fi
-	-cmp -s _gnc-scm-info.h gnc-scm-info.h || cp _gnc-scm-info.h gnc-scm-info.h
-	-rm -f _gnc-scm-info.h
+gnc-vcs-info.h: _gnc-vcs-info.h
+	-if [ ! -f gnc-vcs-info.h ]; then cp _gnc-vcs-info.h gnc-vcs-info.h; fi
+	-cmp -s _gnc-vcs-info.h gnc-vcs-info.h || cp _gnc-vcs-info.h gnc-vcs-info.h
+	-rm -f _gnc-vcs-info.h
 
-_gnc-scm-info.h: Makefile
-	@scm_info=`${top_srcdir}/util/gnc-scm-info -r ${top_srcdir}` ; \
+_gnc-vcs-info.h: Makefile
+	@scm_info=`${top_srcdir}/util/gnc-vcs-info -r ${top_srcdir}` ; \
 	if [ $$? = 0 ] ; then \
 		if [ -z "$$scm_info" ] ; then \
-			echo "gnc-scm-info failed.  figure out why." ; \
+			echo "gnc-vcs-info failed.  figure out why." ; \
 			echo "can't determine svn/svk/git/bzr revision from ${top_srcdir}." ; \
 			exit 1 ; \
 		fi ; \
-		echo "/* Autogenerated. Do not change. */"    > _gnc-scm-info.h ; \
-		echo "#define GNUCASH_SCM_REV \"$$scm_info\"" >> _gnc-scm-info.h ; \
+		echo "/* Autogenerated. Do not change. */"    > _gnc-vcs-info.h ; \
+		echo "#define GNUCASH_SCM_REV \"$$scm_info\"" >> _gnc-vcs-info.h ; \
 	else \
-		if [ -r $(srcdir)/gnc-scm-info.h ] ; then \
-			cp $(srcdir)/gnc-scm-info.h _gnc-scm-info.h ; \
+		if [ -r $(srcdir)/gnc-vcs-info.h ] ; then \
+			cp $(srcdir)/gnc-vcs-info.h _gnc-vcs-info.h ; \
 		else \
 			echo "You're building from svn/svk/git/bzr...  But your build system is broken" ; \
 			echo "Don't do that.   Complain to your build-system creator." ; \
diff --git a/util/gnc-scm-info b/util/gnc-vcs-info
similarity index 100%
rename from util/gnc-scm-info
rename to util/gnc-vcs-info