diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index a0a4a89..f3f7800 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,35 +1,17 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
 fn main() {
-    let status_code = Command::new("git")
-        .args(&["describe", "--tags", "--exact-match", "--dirty"])
-        .status()
+    let git_describe = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .args(&["describe", "--tags", "--broken"])
+        .output()
         .ok()
-        .and_then(|status| status.code());
+        .and_then(|proc| String::from_utf8(proc.stdout).ok());
 
-    let is_tagged = match status_code {
-        Some(code) => code == 0,
-        None => false,
-    };
+    let mut version_info = format!("v{}-unknown", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
 
-    // If this is a tagged commit (a release), we don't want to include the
-    // commit hash in the version output.
-    let revision = if is_tagged {
-        String::new()
-    } else {
-        let mut hash = Command::new("git")
-            .args(&["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
-            .output()
-            .ok()
-            .and_then(|proc| String::from_utf8(proc.stdout).ok())
-            .unwrap_or_default();
-
-        if !hash.is_empty() {
-            hash = format!("-{}", hash);
+    if let Some(description) = git_describe {
+        if !description.is_empty() {
+            version_info = description;
         }
+    }
 
-        hash
-    };
-
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={}", revision);
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=ZOXIDE_VERSION={}", version_info);
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 63e617e..012f85c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
-#[structopt(
-    about = "A cd command that learns your habits",
-    version = concat!(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), env!("GIT_HASH"))
-)]
+#[structopt(about = "A cd command that learns your habits", version = env!("ZOXIDE_VERSION"))]
 enum Zoxide {
     Add(subcommand::Add),
     Import(subcommand::Import),