diff --git a/cmake/Modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake b/cmake/Modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
index d3d5f1eb..19f8432f 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
@@ -74,33 +74,10 @@ function(get_git_head_revision _refspecvar _hashvar)
 endfunction()
 
 function(git_describe _var)
-	if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
-		find_package(Git QUIET)
-	endif()
-	get_git_head_revision(refspec hash)
-	if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
-		set(${_var} "GIT-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
-		return()
-	endif()
-	if(NOT hash)
-		set(${_var} "HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
-		return()
-	endif()
-
-	# TODO sanitize
-	#if((${ARGN}" MATCHES "&&") OR
-	#	(ARGN MATCHES "||") OR
-	#	(ARGN MATCHES "\\;"))
-	#	message("Please report the following error to the project!")
-	#	message(FATAL_ERROR "Looks like someone's doing something nefarious with git_describe! Passed arguments ${ARGN}")
-	#endif()
-
-	#message(STATUS "Arguments to execute_process: ${ARGN}")
-
 	execute_process(COMMAND
-		"${GIT_EXECUTABLE}"
+		git
 		describe
-		${hash}
+		HEAD
 		${ARGN}
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY
 		"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"