diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be734a8ca..8b4e9ad4b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,18 +35,14 @@ set(OPENMW_VERSION "${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMW_VER
 
 set(GIT_CHECKOUT FALSE)
 if(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
-    if(NOT EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/shallow)
-        find_package(Git)
-
-        if(GIT_FOUND)
-            set(GIT_CHECKOUT TRUE)
-        else(GIT_FOUND)
-            message(WARNING "Git executable not found")
-        endif(GIT_FOUND)
-    else(NOT EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/shallow)
-        message(STATUS "Shallow Git clone detected, not attempting to retrieve version info")
-    endif(NOT EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/shallow)
-endif(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)	
+    find_package(Git)
+
+    if(GIT_FOUND)
+        set(GIT_CHECKOUT TRUE)
+    else(GIT_FOUND)
+        message(WARNING "Git executable not found")
+    endif(GIT_FOUND)
+endif(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
 
 # Macros
 include(OpenMWMacros)
diff --git a/cmake/GitVersion.cmake b/cmake/GitVersion.cmake
index 0679e406c..32abbbfbf 100644
--- a/cmake/GitVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GitVersion.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ execute_process (
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
     RESULT_VARIABLE EXITCODE1
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE TAGHASH
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    ERROR_QUIET)
 
 execute_process (
     COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse HEAD
@@ -12,13 +13,17 @@ execute_process (
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMMITHASH
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
-string (COMPARE EQUAL "${EXITCODE1}:${EXITCODE2}" "0:0" SUCCESS)
-if (SUCCESS)
+string (COMPARE EQUAL "${EXITCODE1}:${EXITCODE2}" "0:0" FULL_SUCCESS)
+string (COMPARE EQUAL "${EXITCODE2}" "0" COMMIT_SUCCESS)
+if (FULL_SUCCESS)
     set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "${COMMITHASH}")
     set(OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH "${TAGHASH}")
     message(STATUS "OpenMW version ${OPENMW_VERSION}")
-else (SUCCESS)
+elseif (COMMIT_SUCCESS)
+    set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "${COMMITHASH}")
+    message(STATUS "OpenMW version ${OPENMW_VERSION}")
+else ()
     message(WARNING "Failed to get valid version information from Git")
-endif (SUCCESS)
+endif ()
 
 configure_file(${VERSION_IN_FILE} ${VERSION_FILE})
diff --git a/components/version/version.cpp b/components/version/version.cpp
index c87943f9e..fecbdcb3f 100644
--- a/components/version/version.cpp
+++ b/components/version/version.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ std::string Version::describe()
 {
     std::string str = "OpenMW version " + mVersion;
     std::string rev = mCommitHash;
-    std::string tag = mTagHash;
-    if (!rev.empty() && !tag.empty())
+    if (!rev.empty())
     {
         rev = rev.substr(0, 10);
         str += "\nRevision: " + rev;