diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b4b26e04..338858f8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,11 +149,8 @@ set(CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 if(WIN32)
 	set(WITH_AUTOUPDATES 1)
-	add_subdirectory(tools/updateinstaller)
 endif()
 
-add_subdirectory(tools/updaterevision)
-
 add_subdirectory(src/core)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins)
 
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 089e3889..8add598d 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ configure_file(doomseeker_copts.h.in doomseeker_copts.h)
 option(DOOMSEEKER_INSTALL_NONFREE "Install non-free resources?" ${DEFAULT_NONFREE_INSTALL})
 set(DOOMSEEKER_IP2C_DAT "" CACHE FILEPATH "Path to IpToCountry.dat; optional")
 
-# Get the revision from vcs
-add_custom_target(revision_check ALL
-	COMMAND updaterevision ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gitinfo.h
-	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-	DEPENDS updaterevision
-)
-
 # In case gitinfo.h isn't yet generated create a dummy file so our file listing
 # will contain it. We can't just add it to the file listing since then CMake
 # would complain that it doesn't exist.
@@ -178,10 +171,6 @@ endif()
 
 target_compile_definitions(doomseeker PRIVATE "-DINSTALL_PREFIX=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}\"" "-DINSTALL_LIBDIR=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}\"")
 
-# Make sure the vcs version file is created before we attempt to compile
-# Doomseeker.
-add_dependencies(doomseeker revision_check)
-
 target_link_libraries(doomseeker
 LINK_PRIVATE
 	Wadseeker::wadseeker