diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4e779b..dc5f1a9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ add_subdirectory(libshaderc)
 add_subdirectory(glslc)
 add_subdirectory(examples)
 
-add_custom_target(build-version
-  ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils/update_build_version.py
-  ${shaderc_SOURCE_DIR} ${spirv-tools_SOURCE_DIR} ${glslang_SOURCE_DIR}
-  COMMENT "Update build-version.inc in the Shaderc build directory (if necessary).")
-
 function(define_pkg_config_file NAME LIBS)
   add_custom_target(${NAME}-pkg-config ALL
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
diff --git a/glslc/CMakeLists.txt b/glslc/CMakeLists.txt
index acf6fb0..d0df7db 100644
--- a/glslc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/glslc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ shaderc_default_compile_options(glslc_exe)
 target_include_directories(glslc_exe PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.. ${spirv-tools_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 set_target_properties(glslc_exe PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME glslc)
 target_link_libraries(glslc_exe PRIVATE glslc shaderc_util shaderc)
-add_dependencies(glslc_exe build-version)
 
 shaderc_add_tests(
   TEST_PREFIX glslc
diff --git a/spvc/CMakeLists.txt b/spvc/CMakeLists.txt
index f465972..76f8c2e 100644
--- a/spvc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spvc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ shaderc_default_compile_options(spvc_exe)
 target_include_directories(spvc_exe PRIVATE ${shaderc_SOURCE_DIR}/libshaderc/include ${spirv-tools_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 set_target_properties(spvc_exe PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME spvc)
 target_link_libraries(spvc_exe PRIVATE shaderc_spvc shaderc_util)
-add_dependencies(spvc_exe build-version)
 
 shaderc_add_asciidoc(spvc_doc_README README)
 
