diff --git a/QGCCommon.pri b/QGCCommon.pri
index 3c3f7735765ec8a055ad2ec51d937b859a1bb4d2..002d7e30b42e7694a3bd5e7e10b60bd6e4f9f57e 100644
--- a/QGCCommon.pri
+++ b/QGCCommon.pri
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ MobileBuild {
 exists ($$PWD/.git) {
   GIT_DESCRIBE = $$system(git --git-dir $$PWD/.git --work-tree $$PWD describe --always --tags)
   GIT_HASH     = $$system(git rev-parse HEAD)
-  VERSION      = $$section($$replace($$replace(GIT_DESCRIBE, "v", ""), "-", "."), ".", 0, 3)
+  VERSION      = $$replace(GIT_DESCRIBE, "v", "")
+  VERSION      = $$replace(VERSION, "-", ".")
+  VERSION      = $$section(VERSION, ".", 0, 3)
   message(QGroundControl version $${GIT_DESCRIBE} hash $${GIT_HASH})
 } else {
   GIT_DESCRIBE = None