--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,32 +6,6 @@ project(qpwgraph
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/rncbc/qpwgraph"
   LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
-execute_process (
-  COMMAND git describe --tags --dirty --abbrev=6
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_DESCRIBE_OUTPUT
-  RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_DESCRIBE_RESULT
-  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-if (GIT_DESCRIBE_RESULT EQUAL 0)
-  set (GIT_VERSION "${GIT_DESCRIBE_OUTPUT}")
-  string (REGEX REPLACE "^[^0-9]+" "" GIT_VERSION "${GIT_VERSION}")
-  string (REGEX REPLACE "^1_"      "" GIT_VERSION "${GIT_VERSION}")
-  string (REGEX REPLACE "^[_vV]+"  "" GIT_VERSION "${GIT_VERSION}")
-  string (REGEX REPLACE "-g"   "git." GIT_VERSION "${GIT_VERSION}")
-  string (REGEX REPLACE "[_|-]"   "." GIT_VERSION "${GIT_VERSION}")
-  execute_process (
-    COMMAND git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_REVPARSE_OUTPUT
-    RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_REVPARSE_RESULT
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-  if (GIT_REVPARSE_RESULT EQUAL 0 AND NOT GIT_REVPARSE_OUTPUT STREQUAL "main")
-    set (GIT_VERSION "${GIT_VERSION} [${GIT_REVPARSE_OUTPUT}]")
-  endif ()
-  set (PROJECT_VERSION "${GIT_VERSION}")
-endif ()
-
-
 # Enable ALSA MIDI support option.
 option (CONFIG_ALSA_MIDI "Enable ALSA MIDI support (default=yes)" 1)