diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
index 1ff7c389..a205d632 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <Target Name="SetSourceRevisionId" BeforeTargets="InitializeSourceControlInformation">
-      <Exec Command="git describe --long --always --dirty --exclude=* > ../.version" IgnoreExitCode="False">
+      <Exec Command="git log -1 --format='%H' > ../.version" IgnoreExitCode="False">
       </Exec>
     </Target>
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs
index 1d0a8fef..ecb07e13 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ namespace PluralKit.Core
 
             // show only short commit hash to users
             Version = FullVersion.Remove(7);
-
-            // fix "dirty" git message
-            if (FullVersion.EndsWith("-dirty"))
-                Version += "-dirty";
         }
     }
 }
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