--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2023-09-18 20:06:55 UTC
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,33 +17,6 @@ if (AKONADI_LEGACY_BUILD)
 endif()
 message("Akonadi Prefix is ${AKO_PREFIX}")
 
-include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
-
-# set git revision info
-get_git_head_revision(GIT_REFSPEC GIT_SHA1)
-# if we cannot get it from git, directly try .tag (packages)
-# this will work if the tar balls have been properly created
-# via git-archive.
-if ("${GIT_SHA1}" STREQUAL "GITDIR-NOTFOUND")
-    file(READ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.tag sha1_candidate)
-    string(REPLACE "\n" "" sha1_candidate ${sha1_candidate})
-    if (NOT ${sha1_candidate} STREQUAL "$Format:%H$")
-        message("${sha1_candidate}")
-        set (GIT_SHA1 "${sha1_candidate}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-message(STATUS "Git dynamic information")
-message("GIT_SHA1: ${GIT_SHA1}")
-
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
-  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-)
-message("GIT_BRANCH: ${GIT_BRANCH}")
-
 cmake_host_system_information(RESULT BUILD_HOST_NAME QUERY HOSTNAME)
 if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "3.22.0")
     cmake_host_system_information(RESULT BUILD_HOST_DISTRI QUERY DISTRIB_PRETTY_NAME)