diff --git a/Makefile.ckati b/Makefile.ckati
index d585106..7e15d08 100644
--- a/Makefile.ckati
+++ b/Makefile.ckati
@@ -101,16 +101,8 @@ $(KATI_CXX_TEST_EXES): $(KATI_BIN_PATH)/%: $(KATI_INTERMEDIATES_PATH)/%.o
 	$(KATI_LD) $^ -o $@ $(KATI_LIBS)
 
 # Rule to generate version.cc
-KATI_GIT_DIR := $(shell cd $(KATI_SRC_PATH); realpath `git rev-parse --git-dir`)
 KATI_VERSION_DEPS :=
-ifneq ($(KATI_GIT_DIR),)
-KATI_VERSION_DEPS := $(wildcard $(KATI_GIT_DIR)/HEAD $(KATI_GIT_DIR)/index)
-endif
-ifneq ($(KATI_VERSION_DEPS),)
-KATI_VERSION := $(shell git -C $(KATI_GIT_DIR) rev-parse HEAD)
-else
-KATI_VERSION := unknown
-endif
+KATI_VERSION := @version@
 $(KATI_INTERMEDIATES_PATH)/version.cc: $(KATI_VERSION_DEPS)
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	echo '// +build ignore' > $@