diff --git a/cmake/generate_version_file.cmake b/cmake/generate_version_file.cmake
index ff7eab9b..d8366073 100644
--- a/cmake/generate_version_file.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generate_version_file.cmake
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ if(NOT BDIR)
   set(BDIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 endif()
 
-find_package(Git REQUIRED)
-
 if(GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.git)
   execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags --match "v[0-9]*" --long --dirty WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} OUTPUT_VARIABLE git_version_string)
 else()
@@ -18,21 +16,11 @@ endif()
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^v([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" NGSOLVE_VERSION_MAJOR "${git_version_string}")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" NGSOLVE_VERSION_MINOR "${git_version_string}")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" NGSOLVE_VERSION_PATCH "${git_version_string}")
-string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\-([0-9]+).*" "\\1" NGSOLVE_VERSION_TWEAK "${git_version_string}")
-string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\-[0-9]+\\-([0-9a-z]+).*" "\\1" NGSOLVE_VERSION_HASH "${git_version_string}")
 
 set(NGSOLVE_VERSION_SHORT ${NGSOLVE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NGSOLVE_VERSION_MINOR}.${NGSOLVE_VERSION_PATCH})
-set(NGSOLVE_VERSION_LONG ${NGSOLVE_VERSION_SHORT}-${NGSOLVE_VERSION_TWEAK}-${NGSOLVE_VERSION_HASH})
 
-if(NGSOLVE_VERSION_TWEAK)
-  # no release version - nightly build
-  set(NGSOLVE_VERSION ${NGSOLVE_VERSION_LONG})
-else()
   # TWEAK is 0 -> current version has a tag assigned
   set(NGSOLVE_VERSION ${NGSOLVE_VERSION_SHORT})
-endif()
-
-set(NGSOLVE_VERSION_LONG ${NGSOLVE_VERSION_SHORT}-${NGSOLVE_VERSION_TWEAK}-${NGSOLVE_VERSION_HASH})
 
 set(version_file ${BDIR}/ngsolve_version.hpp)
 set(new_version_file_string "#define NGSOLVE_VERSION \"${NGSOLVE_VERSION}\"\n")
diff --git a/cmake/resources/ngsolve.rc.template b/cmake/resources/ngsolve.rc.template
index ca4dfb05..a8046127 100644
--- a/cmake/resources/ngsolve.rc.template
+++ b/cmake/resources/ngsolve.rc.template
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_GERMAN, SUBLANG_GERMAN
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION @NGSOLVE_VERSION_MAJOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_MINOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_PATCH@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_TWEAK@
- PRODUCTVERSION @NGSOLVE_VERSION_MAJOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_MINOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_PATCH@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_TWEAK@
+ FILEVERSION @NGSOLVE_VERSION_MAJOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_MINOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_PATCH@
+ PRODUCTVERSION @NGSOLVE_VERSION_MAJOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_MINOR@,@NGSOLVE_VERSION_PATCH@
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x3L