--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,12 +106,7 @@ endif()
 set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 
 # Make a version file containing the current version from git.
-include (GetGitRevisionDescription)
-git_describe (VERSION "--tags")
-if ("x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_GIT-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_-128-NOTFOUND")
-  message (WARNING " - Install git to compile a production libmraa!")
-  set (VERSION "v2.1.0")
-endif ()
+set (VERSION "v2.1.0")
 
 message (STATUS "INFO - libmraa Version ${VERSION}")
 message (STATUS "INFO - cmake Version ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_PATCH_VERSION}")
