diff --git a/cmake/VersionFeather.cmake b/cmake/VersionFeather.cmake
index fc12faf..f94567f 100644
--- a/cmake/VersionFeather.cmake
+++ b/cmake/VersionFeather.cmake
@@ -1,39 +1,27 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright (c) 2020, The Monero Project.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2022 The Monero Project
 
 find_package(Git QUIET)
 
-# Check what commit we're on
-execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-parse --short=9 HEAD RESULT_VARIABLE RET OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMMIT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+# Sets FEATHER_COMMIT to the first 9 chars of the current commit hash.
 
-if(RET)
-    # Something went wrong, set the version tag to -unknown
-
-    message(WARNING "Cannot determine current commit. Make sure that you are building either from a Git working tree or from a source archive.")
-    set(FEATHER_BRANCH "unknown")
-    configure_file("cmake/config-feather.h.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config-feather.h")
-else()
+if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/githash.txt")
+    # This file added in source archives where the .git folder has been removed to optimize for space.
+    file(READ "githash.txt" COMMIT)
     string(SUBSTRING ${COMMIT} 0 9 COMMIT)
     message(STATUS "You are currently on commit ${COMMIT}")
+    set(FEATHER_COMMIT "${COMMIT}")
+else()
+    execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-parse --short=9 HEAD RESULT_VARIABLE RET OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMMIT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
-    # Get all the tags
-    execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT}" rev-list --tags --max-count=1 --abbrev-commit RESULT_VARIABLE RET OUTPUT_VARIABLE TAGGEDCOMMIT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-    if(NOT TAGGEDCOMMIT)
-        message(STATUS "Cannot determine most recent tag. Make sure that you are building either from a Git working tree or from a source archive.")
-        set(FEATHER_BRANCH "${COMMIT}")
+    if(RET)
+        message(WARNING "Cannot determine current commit. Make sure that you are building either from a Git working tree or from a source archive.")
+        set(FEATHER_COMMIT "unknown")
     else()
-        message(STATUS "The most recent tag was at ${TAGGEDCOMMIT}")
-
-        # Check if we're building that tagged commit or a different one
-        if(COMMIT STREQUAL TAGGEDCOMMIT)
-            message(STATUS "You are building a tagged release")
-            set(FEATHER_BRANCH "release")
-        else()
-            message(STATUS "You are ahead of or behind a tagged release")
-            set(FEATHER_BRANCH "${COMMIT}")
-        endif()
+        string(SUBSTRING ${COMMIT} 0 9 COMMIT)
+        message(STATUS "You are currently on commit ${COMMIT}")
+        set(FEATHER_COMMIT "${COMMIT}")
     endif()
-
-    configure_file("cmake/config-feather.h.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config-feather.h")
 endif()
+
+configure_file("cmake/config-feather.h.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config-feather.h")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/config-feather.h.cmake b/cmake/config-feather.h.cmake
index 98fcd4f..1e9f3f4 100644
--- a/cmake/config-feather.h.cmake
+++ b/cmake/config-feather.h.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define FEATHER_VERSION_H
 
 #define FEATHER_VERSION "@VERSION@"
-#define FEATHER_BRANCH "@FEATHER_BRANCH@"
+#define FEATHER_COMMIT "@FEATHER_COMMIT@"
 
 #define TOR_VERSION "@TOR_VERSION@"
 
diff --git a/src/dialog/AboutDialog.cpp b/src/dialog/AboutDialog.cpp
index abcf943..14bca8b 100644
--- a/src/dialog/AboutDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialog/AboutDialog.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent)
     auto about = Utils::fileOpenQRC(":assets/about.txt");
     auto about_text = Utils::barrayToString(about);
     about_text = about_text.replace("<feather_version>", FEATHER_VERSION);
-    about_text = about_text.replace("<feather_git_head>", FEATHER_BRANCH);
+    about_text = about_text.replace("<feather_git_head>", FEATHER_COMMIT);
     about_text = about_text.replace("<current_year>", QString::number(QDate::currentDate().year()));
     ui->copyrightText->setPlainText(about_text);
 
diff --git a/src/dialog/DebugInfoDialog.cpp b/src/dialog/DebugInfoDialog.cpp
index 03a0659..2843ccb 100644
--- a/src/dialog/DebugInfoDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialog/DebugInfoDialog.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void DebugInfoDialog::updateInfo() {
     else
         torStatus = "Unknown";
 
-    ui->label_featherVersion->setText(QString("%1-%2").arg(FEATHER_VERSION, FEATHER_BRANCH));
+    ui->label_featherVersion->setText(QString("%1-%2").arg(FEATHER_VERSION, FEATHER_COMMIT));
 
     ui->label_walletHeight->setText(QString::number(m_ctx->wallet->blockChainHeight()));
     ui->label_daemonHeight->setText(QString::number(m_ctx->wallet->daemonBlockChainHeight()));