diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92c097228..5f51929f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,45 +157,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "SunOS")
   set(SUN TRUE)
 endif()
 
-execute_process(
-        COMMAND git log -1 --format=%h
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-        RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-execute_process(
-        COMMAND git describe --tags --abbrev=0
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_LAST_TAG
-        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-execute_process(
-        COMMAND git describe --tags --long
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_ITERATION
-        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-if(GIT_RESULT EQUAL "0")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "v([0-9]+).[0-9]+.[0-9]+" "\\1" DUCKDB_MAJOR_VERSION "${GIT_LAST_TAG}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "v[0-9]+.([0-9]+).[0-9]+" "\\1" DUCKDB_MINOR_VERSION "${GIT_LAST_TAG}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.([0-9]+)" "\\1" DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION "${GIT_LAST_TAG}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ".*-([0-9]+)-.*" "\\1" DUCKDB_DEV_ITERATION "${GIT_ITERATION}")
-
-  if(DUCKDB_DEV_ITERATION EQUAL 0)
-    # on a tag; directly use the version
-    set(DUCKDB_VERSION "${GIT_LAST_TAG}")
-  else()
-    # not on a tag, increment the patch version by one and add a -devX suffix
-    math(EXPR DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION "${DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION}+1")
-    set(DUCKDB_VERSION "v${DUCKDB_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DUCKDB_MINOR_VERSION}.${DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION}-dev${DUCKDB_DEV_ITERATION}")
-  endif()
-else()
-  # fallback for when building from tarball
-  set(DUCKDB_MAJOR_VERSION 0)
-  set(DUCKDB_MINOR_VERSION 0)
-  set(DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION 1)
-  set(DUCKDB_DEV_ITERATION 0)
-  set(DUCKDB_VERSION "v${DUCKDB_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DUCKDB_MINOR_VERSION}.${DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION}-dev${DUCKDB_DEV_ITERATION}")
-endif()
+set(DUCKDB_VERSION "@DUCKDB_VERSION@")
 
 option(AMALGAMATION_BUILD
        "Build from the amalgamation files, rather than from the normal sources."