diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 448d2739..5bec06c4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.37
+8.3.38
diff --git a/lef/lefRead.c b/lef/lefRead.c
index 22346bdb..2ae6c806 100644
--- a/lef/lefRead.c
+++ b/lef/lefRead.c
@@ -1839,8 +1839,8 @@ origin_error:
 		break;
 	    case LEF_SOURCE:
 		token = LefNextToken(f, TRUE);
-		if (*token != '\n')
-		    DBPropPut(lefMacro, "LEFsource", StrDup((char **)NULL, token));
+		/* Ignore "SOURCE" as it is deprecated from LEF 5.6, and    */
+		/* magic will write LEF version 5.7.			    */
 		LefEndStatement(f);
 		break;
 	    case LEF_SITE:
diff --git a/lef/lefWrite.c b/lef/lefWrite.c
index a0395548..d1e6349a 100644
--- a/lef/lefWrite.c
+++ b/lef/lefWrite.c
@@ -1224,10 +1224,6 @@ lefWriteMacro(def, f, scale, hide, toplayer)
 	fprintf(f, IN0 "CLASS BLOCK ;\n");
     }
 
-    propvalue = (char *)DBPropGet(def, "LEFsource", &propfound);
-    if (propfound)
-	fprintf(f, IN0 "SOURCE %s ;\n", propvalue);
-
     fprintf(f, IN0 "FOREIGN %s ;\n", def->cd_name);
 
     /* If a boundary class was declared in the LEF section, then use	*/