diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 1884ccf..776e55f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,27 +5,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinPlatformJvmPlugin
 
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.jvm) apply false
-    alias(libs.plugins.gitVersion)
 }
 
-version = computeVersion()
+version = file("version.txt").takeIf { it.exists() }?.readText()?.trim() ?: "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"
 println("Version: $version")
 
-fun computeVersion(): Any {
-    val versionFile = file("version.txt")
-    val gitVersion: groovy.lang.Closure<String> by extra
-    return if (versionFile.exists()) {
-        versionFile.readText().trim()
-    } else {
-        gitVersion()
-            // Avoid duplicated "-SNAPSHOT" ending
-            .let { if (it.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) it else "$it-SNAPSHOT" }
-            // Normalize the version so that is always a valid NPM version.
-            .let { if (it.matches("""\d+\.\d+.\d+-.*""".toRegex())) it else "0.0.1-$it" }
-            .also { versionFile.writeText(it) }
-    }
-}
-
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         maven { url = uri("https://artifacts.itemis.cloud/repository/maven-mps/") }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 00b832d..02c9938 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@
 kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version = "2.0.21" }
 shadow = { id = "com.gradleup.shadow", version = "9.0.0-beta6" }
 binaryCompatibility = { id ="org.jetbrains.kotlinx.binary-compatibility-validator", version = "0.17.0" }
-gitVersion = { id = "com.palantir.git-version", version = "3.1.0" }