diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cca6ca8faebe53b7095e645bcc0c41834d5bb0af..4f34e1d7ff640503c33af2d7dbda4cdfc17127ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,13 +36,8 @@ include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
 
 get_git_head_revision(GITREV GITHASH)
 git_local_changes(GITHASLOCALCHANGES)
-message("git rev ${GITREV} : ${GITHASH} (${GITHASLOCALCHANGES})")
 
-#file(WRITE  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git_revision.hpp.in" "#define GITREV \"${GITREV}\"\n")
-#file(APPEND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git_revision.hpp.in" "#define GITHASH \"${GITHASH}\"\n")
-#file(APPEND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git_revision.hpp.in" "#define GITHASLOCALCHANGES \"${GITHASLOCALCHANGES}\"\n")
-
-configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/git_revision.hpp.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/git_revision.hpp")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/git_revision.hpp.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/git_revision.hpp" @ONLY)
 
 list(APPEND SOURCES git_revision.hpp)