diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/SVNRevGen.vcxproj b/Source/Core/Common/SVNRevGen.vcxproj
index b5c69660e9..61e3aedb7b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/SVNRevGen.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/SVNRevGen.vcxproj
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
       <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">dummy</Outputs>
     </CustomBuild>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="Src\scmrev.h" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{69F00340-5C3D-449F-9A80-958435C6CF06}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>SVNRevGen</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
index 53705fe993..914c5df95a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ var describe	= GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_describe);
 var branch		= GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_branch);
 var isMaster	= 0
 
+// remove hash from description
+describe = describe.replace(/-g\w+/, '');
+
 if (branch == "master")
 	isMaster = 1
 
@@ -70,11 +73,11 @@ var out_contents =
 // check if file needs updating
 if (out_contents == GetFileContents(outfile))
 {
-	WScript.Echo(outfile + " current at " + revision);
+	WScript.Echo(outfile + " current at " + describe);
 }
 else
 {
 	// needs updating - writeout current info
 	oFS.CreateTextFile(outfile, true).Write(out_contents);
-	WScript.Echo(outfile + " updated to " + revision);
+	WScript.Echo(outfile + " updated to " + describe);
 }