diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d362165d..7e3dfd09 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,45 +23,6 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{VULKAN_SDK})
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-# Git is used for git-describe based version generation if we have it
-find_package(Git)
-
-#Set up versioning (with a dummy string for now if Git isn't present)
-if(Git_FOUND)
-	execute_process(
-		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --always --tags
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-		OUTPUT_VARIABLE NGSCOPECLIENT_VERSION
-		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-	message("Git reports scopehal-apps version ${NGSCOPECLIENT_VERSION}")
-
-
-	execute_process(
-		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --always --tags --long
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-		OUTPUT_VARIABLE NGSCOPECLIENT_VERSION_LONG
-		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-	# TODO: if/when we have a point release, make MSI version 10x+9
-	# ex: 0.1.2-rc2 is 0.1.22
-	# ex: 0.1.2 is 0.1.29
-
-	# Ugly string parsing to make windows build happy
-	# First path: release candidate tags
-	if(NGSCOPECLIENT_VERSION_LONG MATCHES "v([0-9]*).([0-9]*)-rc([0-9])-([0-9]*)")
-		set(MSI_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}.${CMAKE_MATCH_2}.${CMAKE_MATCH_3}.${CMAKE_MATCH_4}")
-
-	# Release tags
-	elseif(NGSCOPECLIENT_VERSION_LONG MATCHES "v([0-9]*).([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)")
-		set(MSI_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}.${CMAKE_MATCH_2}.9.${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
-	endif()
-
-else()
-	set(NGSCOPECLIENT_VERSION "unknown")
-	set(MSI_VERSION "0.1")
-	message("Git not detected, scopehal-apps version unknown")
-endif()
-
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${NGSCOPECLIENT_VERSION}")
 
 include(CTest)