diff --git a/sat/tools/utils.py b/sat/tools/utils.py
index 48e24afc..f4928feb 100644
--- a/sat/tools/utils.py
+++ b/sat/tools/utils.py
@@ -204,18 +204,23 @@ def getRepositoryData(module, as_string=True, is_path=False):
         try:
             import pkg_resources
             pkg_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution(C.APP_NAME_FILE).version
-            version, hg_node, hg_distance = pkg_version.split('-')
+            version, local_id = pkg_version.split('+', 1)
         except ImportError:
             log.warning("pkg_resources not available, can't get package data")
         except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
             log.warning("can't retrieve package data")
         except ValueError:
-            log.warning(u"package version doesn't fit: {pkg_version}".format(pkg_version=pkg_version))
+            log.info(u"no local version id in package: {pkg_version}".format(pkg_version=pkg_version))
         else:
+            version = version.replace('.dev0', 'D')
             if version != C.APP_VERSION:
-                log.error("Incompatible version ({version}) and pkg_version ({pkg_version})".format(
+                log.warning("Incompatible version ({version}) and pkg_version ({pkg_version})".format(
                     version=C.APP_VERSION, pkg_version=pkg_version))
             else:
+                try:
+                    hg_node, hg_distance = local_id.split('.')
+                except ValueError:
+                    log.warning("Version doesn't specify repository data")
                 hg_data = {'node_short': hg_node, 'distance': hg_distance}
 
     repos_cache_dict = hg_data
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25e58f90..c9f0d434 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,13 +62,10 @@ is_dev_version = VERSION.endswith('D')
 def sat_dev_version():
     """Use mercurial data to compute version"""
     def version_scheme(version):
-        return VERSION
+        return VERSION.replace('D', '.dev0')
 
     def local_scheme(version):
-        # XXX: setuptools_scm seems buggy and the '+' and the '_' are replaced by '-'
-        #      breaking the local version identifier scheme
-        #      cf. https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/237
-        return "+{rev}_{distance}".format(
+        return "+{rev}.{distance}".format(
             rev=version.node[1:],
             distance=version.distance)