diff --git a/cc2538_bsl/cc2538_bsl.py b/cc2538_bsl/cc2538_bsl.py
index b62ea64..f38d872 100755
--- a/cc2538_bsl/cc2538_bsl.py
+++ b/cc2538_bsl/cc2538_bsl.py
@@ -1050,16 +1050,7 @@ def parse_page_address_range(device, pg_range):
 
 
 def version():
-    # Get the version using "git describe".
-    try:
-        p = Popen(['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--match', '[0-9]*'],
-                  stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
-        p.stderr.close()
-        line = p.stdout.readlines()[0]
-        return line.decode('utf-8').strip()
-    except:
-        # We're not in a git repo, or git failed, use fixed version string.
-        return __version__
+    return __version__
 
 
 def cli_setup():