--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2024-11-20 20:53:26 UTC
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -206,31 +206,10 @@ if(BUILD_VERSION STREQUAL "0.0.0")
     else()
         find_package(PythonInterp)
 
-        if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
-            execute_process(
-                COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} etc/calc_release_version.py
-                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-                OUTPUT_VARIABLE CALC_RELEASE_VERSION
-                RESULT_VARIABLE CALC_RELEASE_VERSION_RESULT
-                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-            )
-
-            if(NOT CALC_RELEASE_VERSION_RESULT STREQUAL 0)
-                # If python failed above, stderr would tell the user about it
-                message(FATAL_ERROR
-                    "BUILD_VERSION not specified and could not be calculated\
- (script invocation failed); specify in CMake command, -DBUILD_VERSION=<version>"
-                )
-            else()
-                set(BUILD_VERSION ${CALC_RELEASE_VERSION})
-                file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/VERSION_CURRENT ${CALC_RELEASE_VERSION})
-            endif()
-        else()
             message(FATAL_ERROR
                 "BUILD_VERSION not specified and could not be calculated\
  (Python was not found on the system); specify in CMake command, -DBUILD_VERSION=<version>"
             )
-        endif()
     endif()
 endif()