diff --git a/QGCCommon.pri b/QGCCommon.pri
index 975040af32d39bb2c7ce33218eaf675fe48ee825..f67098d4b0e1127e79b77333c65f0abf69f3a77c 100644
--- a/QGCCommon.pri
+++ b/QGCCommon.pri
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ MobileBuild {
 
 exists ($$PWD/.git) {
   GIT_DESCRIBE = $$system(git --git-dir $$PWD/.git --work-tree $$PWD describe --always --tags)
+  message(QGroundControl version $${GIT_DESCRIBE})
 } else {
   GIT_DESCRIBE = None
 }
diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index ba89c959fc476b18d30a67fa0320e404e4391b5e..6928aadf96b2ef13c0e8365a3b6c38315f2aa07e 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -30,6 +30,3 @@ message(Qt version $$[QT_VERSION])
     error("Unsupported Qt version, 5.4+ is required")
 }
 
-message(QGroundControl version $${GIT_DESCRIBE})
-git_ver.commands = $$QGC_GIT_VER
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += git_ver