diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 075641e..b2e92ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ if(${SHADERC_ENABLE_EXAMPLES})
     add_subdirectory(examples)
 endif()
 
-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} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build-version.inc
-  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
diff --git a/glslc/CMakeLists.txt b/glslc/CMakeLists.txt
index c8fa6d5..341865a 100644
--- a/glslc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/glslc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ 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