diff --git a/Version.props b/Version.props
index 9c9cf33a99..60695c3f92 100644
--- a/Version.props
+++ b/Version.props
@@ -27,75 +27,5 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">true</PublicSign>
-    <GitInfoFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)artifacts\GitInfo.cs</GitInfoFile>
-    <GitInfoProps>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)artifacts\GitInfo.props</GitInfoProps>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Target Name="CollectGitInfo">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <GitInfoCommitCount Condition="'$(COMMIT_HASH)' != ''">$(COMMIT_COUNT)</GitInfoCommitCount>
-      <GitInfoCommitHash Condition="'$(COMMIT_HASH)' != ''">$(COMMIT_HASH)</GitInfoCommitHash>
-      <GitExitCode>0</GitExitCode>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <Exec Command="git rev-list --count HEAD" ConsoleToMSBuild="true" Condition="'$(COMMIT_HASH)' == ''" IgnoreExitCode="true">
-      <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="GitInfoCommitCount" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="GitExitCode" />
-    </Exec>
-
-    <Exec Command="git rev-parse HEAD" ConsoleToMSBuild="true" Condition="'$(COMMIT_HASH)' == ''" IgnoreExitCode="true">
-      <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="GitInfoCommitHash" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="GitExitCode" />
-    </Exec>
-
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GitExitCode)' != '0'">
-      <GitInfoCommitCount>0</GitInfoCommitCount>
-      <GitInfoCommitHash>UNKNOWN</GitInfoCommitHash>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <GitCommitInfoContent>
-<![CDATA[
-[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyVersion("$(AssemblyReleaseVersion)")]
-[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyFileVersion("$(AssemblyReleaseVersion)")]
-[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersion("$(PackageVersion)+$(GitInfoCommitCount).$(GitInfoCommitHash)")]
-
-namespace Microsoft.TemplateEngine
-{
-    internal static class GitInfo
-    {
-        public static string CommitCount { get%3B } = "$(GitInfoCommitCount)"%3B
-        public static string CommitHash { get%3B } = "$(GitInfoCommitHash)"%3B
-    }
-}
-]]>
-      </GitCommitInfoContent>
-      <GitInfoPropsContent>
-<![CDATA[
-<Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version>$(PackageReleaseVersion)</Version>
-    <FileVersion>$(PackageReleaseVersion)</FileVersion>
-    <InformationalVersion>$(PackageVersion)+$(GitInfoCommitCount).$(GitInfoCommitHash)</InformationalVersion>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Commit Hash: $(GitInfoCommitHash)</PackageReleaseNotes>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
-]]>
-      </GitInfoPropsContent>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(GitInfoFile)"
-                      Lines="$(GitCommitInfoContent)"
-                      Overwrite="true" />
-
-    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(GitInfoProps)"
-                      Lines="$(GitInfoPropsContent)"
-                      Overwrite="true" />
-  </Target>
-  
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="$(GitInfoFile)" Condition="Exists('$(GitInfoFile)')" Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
-    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)src/GitInfo.cs" Condition="!Exists('$(GitInfoFile)')" Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <Import Project="$(GitInfoProps)" Condition="Exists('$(GitInfoProps)')" />
-</Project>