diff --git a/CMake/mitkFunctionGetVersion.cmake b/CMake/mitkFunctionGetVersion.cmake
index 72e181e002..6f1c6841df 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkFunctionGetVersion.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkFunctionGetVersion.cmake
@@ -1,83 +1,61 @@
 #! \brief Extract version information from a local working copy
 #!
 #! If the source_dir variable points to a git repository, this function
 #! extracts the current revision hash and branch/tag name.
-#!
-#! If the source_dir variable points to a subversion repository, this
-#! function extracts the current svn revision.
 #
 #! The information is provided in
 #! <ul>
-#!  <li> ${prefix}_REVISION_ID The git hash or svn revision value
+#!  <li> ${prefix}_REVISION_ID The git hash
+#!  <li> ${prefix}_REVISION_SHORTID The short git hash (8 digits)
 #!  <li> ${prefix}_REVISION_NAME The git branch/tag name or empty
-#!  <li> ${prefix}_WC_TYPE The working copy type, one of "local", "git", or "svn"
+#!  <li> ${prefix}_WC_TYPE The working copy type, one of "local", or "git"
 #! </ul>
 #!
 #! \param source_dir The directory containing a working copy
 #! \param prefix A prefix to prepend to the variables containing
 #!               the extracted information.
 #!
 function(mitkFunctionGetVersion source_dir prefix)
 
   if(NOT prefix)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "prefix argument not specified")
   endif()
 
   # initialize variables
   set(_wc_type "local")
   set(_wc_id "")
   set(_wc_name "")
 
-
   find_package(Git)
-  if(GIT_FOUND)
-
-    GIT_IS_REPO(${source_dir} _is_git_repo)
-    if(_is_git_repo)
-      set(_wc_type "git")
-      GIT_WC_INFO(${source_dir} ${prefix})
-
-      set(_wc_id ${${prefix}_WC_REVISION_HASH})
 
-      string(REPLACE " " ";" hash_name ${${prefix}_WC_REVISION_NAME})
-      list(GET hash_name 1 name)
-      if(name)
-        set(_wc_name ${name})
-      endif()
-    endif()
-  endif()
+  if(Git_FOUND)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list -1 HEAD
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${source_dir}"
+      RESULT_VARIABLE _result_var
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${prefix}_WC_REVISION_HASH
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_SPACE
+      ERROR_QUIET)
 
-  # test for svn working copy
-  if(_wc_type STREQUAL "local")
+    if(NOT _result_var)
+      set(_wc_type "git")
 
-    find_package(Subversion)
-    if(Subversion_FOUND)
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${Subversion_SVN_EXECUTABLE} info
-                      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${source_dir}
-                      RESULT_VARIABLE _subversion_result
-                      OUTPUT_QUIET
-                      ERROR_QUIET)
+      execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} name-rev --name-only ${${prefix}_WC_REVISION_HASH}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${source_dir}"
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${prefix}_WC_REVISION_NAME
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_SPACE)
 
-      if(NOT _subversion_result)
-        set(_wc_type svn)
-        Subversion_WC_INFO(${source_dir} ${prefix})
-        set(_wc_id ${${prefix}_WC_REVISION})
-      endif()
+      set(_wc_id ${${prefix}_WC_REVISION_HASH})
+      set(_wc_name ${${prefix}_WC_REVISION_NAME})
     endif()
-
   endif()
 
   set(${prefix}_WC_TYPE ${_wc_type} PARENT_SCOPE)
   set(${prefix}_REVISION_ID ${_wc_id} PARENT_SCOPE)
   set(_shortid ${_wc_id})
   if(_wc_type STREQUAL "git")
     string(SUBSTRING ${_shortid} 0 8 _shortid)
   endif()
   set(${prefix}_REVISION_SHORTID ${_shortid} PARENT_SCOPE)
   set(${prefix}_REVISION_NAME ${_wc_name} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
-  # For backwards compatibility
-  set(${prefix}_WC_REVISION_HASH ${_wc_id} PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(${prefix}_WC_REVISION_NAME ${_wc_name} PARENT_SCOPE)
-
 endfunction()