diff --git a/src/rebar_utils.erl b/src/rebar_utils.erl
index 34db1df..42a152d 100644
--- a/src/rebar_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_utils.erl
@@ -475,17 +475,7 @@ vcs_vsn_1(Vcs, Dir) ->
             end
     end.
 
-vcs_vsn_cmd(git) ->
-    %% git describe the last commit that touched CWD
-    %% required for correct versioning of apps in subdirs, such as apps/app1
-    case os:type() of
-        {win32,nt} ->
-            "FOR /F \"usebackq tokens=* delims=\" %i in "
-                "(`git log -n 1 \"--pretty=format:%h\" .`) do "
-                "@git describe --always --tags %i";
-        _ ->
-            "git describe --always --tags `git log -n 1 --pretty=format:%h .`"
-    end;
+vcs_vsn_cmd(git) -> "git describe --always --tags";
 vcs_vsn_cmd(hg)  -> "hg identify -i";
 vcs_vsn_cmd(bzr) -> "bzr revno";
 vcs_vsn_cmd(svn) -> "svnversion";