diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18b45557..c36fba46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ features apply to your model and firmware version, see the
 
 ## unreleased
 
+- Changed the EC version to be distinct from the SBIOS version
+
+## 2025-08-11
+
 - lemp11: Fixed memory init
 
 ## 2025-07-29
diff --git a/scripts/_build/ec.sh b/scripts/_build/ec.sh
index 15937722..397ac1d4 100755
--- a/scripts/_build/ec.sh
+++ b/scripts/_build/ec.sh
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ done < "$1"
 BUILD_DIR="build"
 
 make -C ec BUILD="$BUILD_DIR" clean
-make -C ec VERSION="${VERSION}" "${EC_ARGS[@]}" BUILD="$BUILD_DIR" -j "$(nproc)"
+make -C ec "${EC_ARGS[@]}" BUILD="$BUILD_DIR" -j "$(nproc)"
 cp "ec/$BUILD_DIR/ec.rom" "$2"
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 96a65b0c..fea7f0ea 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ KERNELVERSION="${VERSION}" \
 # Rebuild EC firmware for System76 EC models
 if [ ! -e  "${MODEL_DIR}/ec.rom" ] && [ -e "${MODEL_DIR}/ec.config" ]
 then
-    env VERSION="${VERSION}" \
-        ./scripts/_build/ec.sh \
+    ./scripts/_build/ec.sh \
         "${MODEL_DIR}/ec.config" \
         "${BUILD}/ec.rom"
 fi