diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a626cf13be..1f83206091 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ IF (WIN32)
   SET(PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/gnome/bin/pkg-config.exe)
   SET(SWIG_EXECUTABLE ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/swig/swig.exe)
   SET(BOOST_ROOT ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/boost)
-  SET(GIT_EXECUTABLE ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/git-1.9.4/bin/git)
   SET(REGEX_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/regex/include)
   SET(REGEX_LDFLAGS "-L${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/regex/lib -lregex")
   SET(LIBXSLT_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/libxslt/include)
diff --git a/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 80e59f3f3a..55de0ad40b 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,15 +64,13 @@ FILE (WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gnc-version.h ${GNC_VERSION_H_CONTENT})
 ### Create gnc-vcs-info.h
 # The meta-cmake gymnastics here come from https://cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2010-July/038015.html
 
-FIND_PACKAGE(Git)
-
 FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gnc-vcs-info.h.in
    "/* Autogenerated. Do not change. */\n#define GNUCASH_SCM_REV \"@GNUCASH_SCM_REV@\"\n"
 )
 SET(SCM_REV_COMMAND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/util/gnc-vcs-info -r")
 FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.cmake
   "EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND ${SCM_REV_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    COMMAND ${SHELL} ${SCM_REV_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GNUCASH_SCM_REV
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
   )