diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d515621e..726933bc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -20,22 +20,12 @@ else
   error('Could not configure current C++ compiler (' + cpp_compiler.get_id() + ' ' + cpp_compiler.version() + ') with required C++ standard (C++23)')
 endif
 
-GIT_BRANCH = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD', check: false).stdout().strip()
-GIT_COMMIT_HASH = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD', check: false).stdout().strip()
-GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE = run_command('sh', '-c', 'git show | head -n 5 | tail -n 1', check: false).stdout().strip()
-GIT_DIRTY = run_command('sh', '-c', 'git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo "dirty"', check: false).stdout().strip()
-
 add_project_arguments(
   [
     '-Wno-unused-parameter',
     '-Wno-unused-value',
     '-Wno-missing-field-initializers',
     '-Wno-narrowing',
-
-    f'-DGIT_BRANCH="@GIT_BRANCH@"',
-    f'-DGIT_COMMIT_HASH="@GIT_COMMIT_HASH@"',
-    f'-DGIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE="@GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE@"',
-    f'-DGIT_DIRTY="@GIT_DIRTY@"',
   ],
   language: 'cpp')
 
@@ -81,6 +71,8 @@ foreach file : headers
   install_headers(file, subdir: 'hyprland', preserve_path: true)
 endforeach
 
+version_h = run_command('sh', '-c', 'scripts/generateVersion.sh')
+
 subdir('protocols')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('hyprctl')