diff --git a/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake b/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
index 12ee7727b2..a4d438c081 100644
--- a/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
+++ b/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ if(GIT_FOUND)
     ERROR_QUIET)
 endif()
 
+string(TIMESTAMP DOLPHIN_WC_BUILD_DATE "%Y-%m-%d" UTC)
+
 # version number
 set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MAJOR "2409")
 set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MINOR "0")
@@ -68,3 +70,7 @@ if(APPLE)
   configure_source_file("Source/Core/DolphinQt/Info.plist")
   configure_source_file("Source/Core/MacUpdater/Info.plist")
 endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+  configure_source_file("Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml")
+endif()
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 636d5473e3..ed91a677a9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -794,6 +794,13 @@ if(APPLE)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Flatpak)
+  if (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml)
+    file(TOUCH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 find_package(Git)
 if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
 	set(GIT_EXECUTABLE "")
@@ -801,7 +808,7 @@ endif()
 add_custom_target(
 	dolphin_scmrev
 	${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DPROJECT_SOURCE_DIR=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -DPROJECT_BINARY_DIR=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} -DDISTRIBUTOR=${DISTRIBUTOR} -DDOLPHIN_DEFAULT_UPDATE_TRACK=${DOLPHIN_DEFAULT_UPDATE_TRACK} -DGIT_FOUND=${GIT_FOUND} -DGIT_EXECUTABLE=${GIT_EXECUTABLE} -DDOLPHIN_WC_REVISION=${DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION} -DDOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE=${DOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE} -DDOLPHIN_WC_BRANCH=${DOLPHIN_WC_BRANCH} -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
-	BYPRODUCTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Source/Core/Common/scmrev.h" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Info.plist" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Source/Core/MacUpdater/Info.plist"
+	BYPRODUCTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Source/Core/Common/scmrev.h" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Info.plist" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Source/Core/MacUpdater/Info.plist" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml"
 	VERBATIM
 )
 
diff --git a/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh b/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 43597fa920..0000000000
--- a/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-DATE=$(git log -1 --pretty=%cd --date=iso8601 --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d')
-sed -i -e "s/@DATE_PLACEHOLDER/${DATE}/" org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags | sed -E 's/^([0-9]+-[0-9]+).*/\1/')
-sed -i -e "s/@VERSION_PLACEHOLDER/${VERSION}/" org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml
-
-
diff --git a/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml.in b/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml.in
index e4e8c891a3..cd00055a12 100644
--- a/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <id>dolphin-emu.desktop</id>
   </provides>
   <releases>
-    <release version="@VERSION_PLACEHOLDER" date="@DATE_PLACEHOLDER"/>
+    <release version="${DOLPHIN_WC_DESCRIBE}" date="${DOLPHIN_WC_BUILD_DATE}"/>
   </releases>
   <url type="homepage">https://dolphin-emu.org</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.dolphin-emu.org/projects/emulator/issues</url>
diff --git a/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.yml b/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.yml
index 596e2552e1..5144b676d0 100644
--- a/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.yml
+++ b/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.yml
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ modules:
       - /share/man
     post-install:
       - install -D -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/bin/ dolphin-emu-wrapper
-      - "${FLATPAK_BUILDER_BUILDDIR}/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh"
-      - install -Dm644 -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/metainfo/ org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml
+      - install -Dm644 -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/metainfo/ ${FLATPAK_BUILDER_BUILDDIR}/Flatpak/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml
       - desktop-file-edit --set-key=Exec --set-value='/app/bin/dolphin-emu-wrapper'
         /app/share/applications/dolphin-emu.desktop
     sources: