diff --git a/platform-independent/cli-c/CMakeLists.txt b/platform-independent/cli-c/CMakeLists.txt
index acccad99..ae9b9da4 100644
--- a/platform-independent/cli-c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platform-independent/cli-c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE           Release )
 set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS              "-O3" )
 
 # Version.
-execute_process( COMMAND        git describe --match *-clo* --long --dirty --broken RESULT_VARIABLE status OUTPUT_VARIABLE mpw_version OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
+execute_process( COMMAND        git describe --match *-clo* --long --dirty RESULT_VARIABLE status OUTPUT_VARIABLE mpw_version OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
 if( NOT status EQUAL 0 AND EXISTS "VERSION" )
     file( READ                  "VERSION" mpw_version )
     string( STRIP               ${mpw_version} mpw_version )
diff --git a/platform-independent/cli-c/build b/platform-independent/cli-c/build
index cb6c7ee4..52aff2ea 100755
--- a/platform-independent/cli-c/build
+++ b/platform-independent/cli-c/build
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ cflags=( -O3 $CFLAGS )
 ldflags=( $LDFLAGS )
 
 # Version.
-if { mpw_version=$(git describe --match '*-cli*' --long --dirty --broken) || mpw_version=$(<VERSION); } 2>/dev/null; then
+if { mpw_version=$(git describe --match '*-cli*' --long --dirty) || mpw_version=$(<VERSION); } 2>/dev/null; then
     cflags+=( -D"MP_VERSION=$mpw_version" )
 fi
 echo 2>&1 "Current mpw source version ${mpw_version:-<unknown>}..."