diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3197eefd..2f36245b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,24 +7,14 @@
 # Get Build Revision
 ##############################
 
-# Uses the CMake module in this repo: https://github.com/rpavlik/cmake-modules
-# On Windows, this requires Git for Windows to be installed.
+find_package(Git)
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-include(GetGitRevisionDescription OPTIONAL RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_MODULE_PATH)
-IF (NOT GIT_MODULE_PATH MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
-    get_git_head_revision(GIT_REFSPEC GIT_COMMIT_STRING --tags --long)
-
-    IF (GIT_COMMIT_STRING MATCHES "GITDIR-NOTFOUND")
-        set(GIT_COMMIT_STRING "unknown")
-    ELSE ()
-        # Get a shortened ID. Although knowing the shortest unique string requires Git,
-        # 8 characters should be a good compromise between chance of ambiguity and length,
-        # especially since the version numbers would narrow down the range of possibly
-        # ambiguous commits.
-        string(SUBSTRING ${GIT_COMMIT_STRING} 0 8 GIT_COMMIT_STRING)
-    ENDIF ()
-ELSE ()
+IF (GIT_FOUND)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --short HEAD
+                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_STRING
+                  ERROR_QUIET
+                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+ELSE()
     SET (GIT_COMMIT_STRING "unknown")
 ENDIF ()
 
diff --git a/docs/BUILD.MSVC.md b/docs/BUILD.MSVC.md
index 899a0669..14ac4647 100644
--- a/docs/BUILD.MSVC.md
+++ b/docs/BUILD.MSVC.md
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ Example CMake keys: `-DCMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=build -DCMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTP
 
 #### LOOT
 
-LOOT uses a third-party CMake module to generate its build revision data, so first download the `GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake` and `GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in` files found in [this repository](https://github.com/rpavlik/cmake-modules) to the `build` subdirectory of the LOOT folder.
-
 1. Set CMake up so that it builds the binaries in the `build` subdirectory of the LOOT folder.
 2. Define any necessary parameters.
 3. Configure CMake, then generate a build system for Visual Studio 12.