diff --git a/cmake/git.cmake b/cmake/git.cmake
index dd6009e..7c5c8f3 100644
--- a/cmake/git.cmake
+++ b/cmake/git.cmake
@@ -1,36 +1,3 @@
 # --- extract version from Git
 
-set(PROJECT_VERSION 0.0.0)
-find_program(GIT_VERSION_GEN NAMES git-version-gen
-             PATHS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/build-aux NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-if(GIT_VERSION_GEN)
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_VERSION_GEN} .tarball_version
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    RESULT_VARIABLE _err
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE git_version
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-endif()
-if(_err EQUAL 0)
-  if(git_version MATCHES
-                 "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)[.](0|[1-9][0-9]*)[.](0|[1-9][0-9]*)[.].*")
-    set(_major "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-    set(_minor "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
-    set(_patch "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
-    set(PROJECT_VERSION ${_major}.${_minor}.${_patch}.999)
-  elseif(git_version MATCHES
-                 "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)[.](0|[1-9][0-9]*)[.](0|[1-9][0-9]*)")
-    set(_major "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-    set(_minor "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
-    set(_patch "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
-    set(PROJECT_VERSION ${_major}.${_minor}.${_patch})
-  elseif(git_version MATCHES
-                 "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)[.](0|[1-9][0-9]*)")
-    set(_major "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-    set(_minor "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
-    set(PROJECT_VERSION ${_major}.${_minor})
-  elseif(git_version MATCHES
-                 "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)")
-    set(_major "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-    set(PROJECT_VERSION ${_major})
-  endif()
-endif()
+set(PROJECT_VERSION 2.8.3)


