diff --git a/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/DeviceInfoUtils.java b/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/DeviceInfoUtils.java
index b04948b7de5f1..ebb5d19eb6bbd 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/DeviceInfoUtils.java
+++ b/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/DeviceInfoUtils.java
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ public class DeviceInfoUtils {
 
         final String PROC_VERSION_REGEX =
                 "Linux version (\\S+) " + /* group 1: "3.0.31-g6fb96c9" */
-                "\\((\\S+?)\\) " +        /* group 2: "x@y.com" (kernel builder) */
-                "(?:\\(gcc.+? \\)) " +    /* ignore: GCC version information */
-                "(#\\d+) " +              /* group 3: "#1" */
-                "(?:.*?)?" +              /* ignore: optional SMP, PREEMPT, and any CONFIG_FLAGS */
-                "((Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat).+)"; /* group 4: "Thu Jun 28 11:02:39 PDT 2012" */
+                "\\((\\S+)\\)" +          /* group 2: "x@y.com" (kernel builder) */
+                ".*(#\\d+)" +             /* group 3: "#1" */
+                /* group 4: "Thu Jun 28 11:02:39 PDT 2012" */
+                ".*((?:Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat).+)";
 
         Matcher m = Pattern.compile(PROC_VERSION_REGEX).matcher(rawKernelVersion);
         if (!m.matches()) {