diff --git a/cmake/git_version.cmake b/cmake/git_version.cmake
index f44754522e8d88c22d05a59050f888b7e954a160..471ae6adcf9a38ff81793ebc26576dc24172b646 100644
--- a/cmake/git_version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/git_version.cmake
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ if (Git_FOUND)
         ERROR_QUIET
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
         
-	string(REGEX REPLACE "^v([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_MAJOR "${VERSION}")
-	string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_MINOR "${VERSION}")
-	string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_PATCH "${VERSION}")
-	string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_COMMITS "${VERSION}")
-	string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-[0-9]+-(.*)" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_SHA1 "${VERSION}")
-	set(FTL_VERSION "\"${ftl_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ftl_VERSION_MINOR}.${ftl_VERSION_PATCH}\"")
+	#string(REGEX REPLACE "^v([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_MAJOR "${VERSION}")
+	#string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_MINOR "${VERSION}")
+	#string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_PATCH "${VERSION}")
+	#string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_COMMITS "${VERSION}")
+	#string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-[0-9]+-(.*)" "\\1" ftl_VERSION_SHA1 "${VERSION}")
+	#set(FTL_VERSION "\"${ftl_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ftl_VERSION_MINOR}.${ftl_VERSION_PATCH}\"")
 
 else()
-
-	set(ftl_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
-	set(ftl_VERSION_MINOR "0")
-	set(ftl_VERSION_PATCH "0")
-	set(FTL_VERSION "\"${ftl_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ftl_VERSION_MINOR}.${ftl_VERSION_PATCH}\"")
+	set(VERSION "unknown")
+	#set(ftl_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
+	#set(ftl_VERSION_MINOR "0")
+	#set(ftl_VERSION_PATCH "0")
+	#set(FTL_VERSION "\"${ftl_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ftl_VERSION_MINOR}.${ftl_VERSION_PATCH}\"")
 	
 	message(WARNING "Version could not be obtained from git")
 
diff --git a/components/common/cpp/src/config.cpp.in b/components/common/cpp/src/config.cpp.in
index c0a62b67b1d3fcdcaf62e6c3802d3fa897b54229..15d1bbc11f7254a0eef6852d449a6110b6841607 100644
--- a/components/common/cpp/src/config.cpp.in
+++ b/components/common/cpp/src/config.cpp.in
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #include <ftl/config.h>
 
 const char *FTL_VERSION_LONG = "@VERSION@";
-const char *FTL_VERSION = @FTL_VERSION@;
-const int FTL_VERSION_MAJOR = @ftl_VERSION_MAJOR@;
-const int FTL_VERSION_MINOR = @ftl_VERSION_MINOR@;
-const int FTL_VERSION_PATCH = @ftl_VERSION_PATCH@;
-const int FTL_VERSION_COMMITS = @ftl_VERSION_COMMITS@;
-const char *FTL_VERSION_SHA1 = "@ftl_VERSION_SHA1@";
+const char *FTL_VERSION = "";
+const int FTL_VERSION_MAJOR = 0;
+const int FTL_VERSION_MINOR = 0;
+const int FTL_VERSION_PATCH = 0;
+const int FTL_VERSION_COMMITS = 0;
+const char *FTL_VERSION_SHA1 = "";