diff --git a/cmake/Version.cmake b/cmake/Version.cmake
index 1843c1774..d5fd13561 100644
--- a/cmake/Version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Version.cmake
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@ git_get_changeset_id(C4REVISION)
 # Get year
 ############################################################################
 
-IF(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "date" "+%Y" OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATE)
-ELSEIF(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "cscript.exe" "//nologo" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/get_current_year.vbs" OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATE)
-ENDIF()
-STRING(REGEX REPLACE "(.+)\n" "\\1" YEARFIXED "${DATE}")
-SET(C4COPYRIGHT_YEAR ${YEARFIXED})
+STRING(TIMESTAMP C4COPYRIGHT_YEAR "%Y")
 
 ############################################################################
 # Build version strings
diff --git a/tools/get_current_year.vbs b/tools/get_current_year.vbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f23f36b3..000000000
--- a/tools/get_current_year.vbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Wscript.Echo DatePart("yyyy", Date())