diff --git a/OpenRGB.pro b/OpenRGB.pro
index 8321c69a..aabbd161 100644
--- a/OpenRGB.pro
+++ b/OpenRGB.pro
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ TEMPLATE    = app
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 win32:BUILDDATE = $$system(date /t)
 unix:BUILDDATE  = $$system(date -R -d "@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}")
-GIT_COMMIT_ID   = $$system(git --git-dir $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/.git --work-tree $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_ rev-parse HEAD)
-GIT_COMMIT_DATE = $$system(git --git-dir $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/.git --work-tree $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_ show -s --format=%ci HEAD)
-GIT_BRANCH      = $$system(git --git-dir $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/.git --work-tree $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_ rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+GIT_COMMIT_ID   = $$system(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%H")
+GIT_COMMIT_DATE = $$system(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%ci")
+GIT_BRANCH      = $$system(git branch --show-current)
 
 DEFINES +=                                                                                      \
     VERSION_STRING=\\"\"\"$$VERSION\\"\"\"                                                      \