diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 73e4a7a0..0f8e19f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,26 +106,6 @@ if(LSL_NO_FANCY_LIBNAME)
 	set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "")
 endif()
 
-# try to find out which revision is currently checked out
-find_package(Git)
-if(GIT_FOUND)
-	execute_process(
-		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags HEAD
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}"
-		OUTPUT_VARIABLE lslgitrevision
-		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-	)
-	execute_process(
-		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --abbrev-ref @
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}"
-		OUTPUT_VARIABLE lslgitbranch
-		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-	)
-	message(STATUS "Git version information: ${lslgitbranch}/${lslgitrevision}")
-else()
-	set(lslgitrevision "unknown")
-	set(lslgitbranch "unknown")
-endif()
 set(LSL_VERSION_INFO "\"git:${lslgitrevision}/branch:${lslgitbranch}/build:${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/compiler:${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}-${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}/boost:\" BOOST_LIB_VERSION")
 set_source_files_properties("src/lsl_freefuncs_c.cpp" PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LSL_LIBRARY_INFO_STR=${LSL_VERSION_INFO})
 
