diff --git a/stratosphere-dist/pom.xml b/stratosphere-dist/pom.xml
index 1e53e64eefa367..676d0e83d19966 100644
--- a/stratosphere-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/stratosphere-dist/pom.xml
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@
 					<generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
 					<skipPoms>false</skipPoms>
 					<generateGitPropertiesFilename>src/main/stratosphere-bin/.version.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+                                            <gitDescribe>
+                                              <skip>true</skip>
+                                            </gitDescribe>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
diff --git a/stratosphere-runtime/pom.xml b/stratosphere-runtime/pom.xml
index 0ea4de028dd409..f22b95f9e0b20c 100644
--- a/stratosphere-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/stratosphere-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
 					<generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
 					<skipPoms>false</skipPoms>
 					<generateGitPropertiesFilename>src/main/resources/.version.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+                                        <gitDescribe>
+                                          <skip>true</skip>
+                                        </gitDescribe>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<!-- Add version to jar http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2712970/how-to-get-maven-artifact-version-at-runtime