diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ee8ee8f..40b316fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ endif()
 
 project(polybar C CXX)
 
+set(VERSION_MAJOR "3")
+set(VERSION_MINOR "3")
+set(VERSION_PATCH "0")
+
+# TODO set APP_VERSION by checking it command was successful
+execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags --dirty=-git
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE APP_VERSION
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE ERROR_QUIET)
+
+if(NOT APP_VERSION)
+  set(APP_VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
+endif()
+
+STRING(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9_]" "_" APP_VERSION_NAMESPACE "v${APP_VERSION}")
+
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
   ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake
diff --git a/common/bump.sh b/common/bump.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 402ec34e..00000000
--- a/common/bump.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-main() {
-  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    version=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
-    set -- "${version%.*}.$((${version##*.}+1))"
-  fi
-
-  git tag "$@" || exit 1
-
-  tag_curr="$(git tag --sort=version:refname | tail -1)"
-  tag_prev="$(git tag --sort=version:refname | tail -2 | head -1)"
-
-  if [ -x ./common/version.sh ]; then
-    ./common/version.sh "$tag_curr"
-  fi
-
-  sed -r "s/${tag_prev}/${tag_curr}/g" -i \
-    README.md CMakeLists.txt \
-    contrib/polybar.aur/PKGBUILD \
-    contrib/polybar-git.aur/PKGBUILD
-
-  git add -u README.md CMakeLists.txt \
-    contrib/polybar.aur/PKGBUILD \
-    contrib/polybar-git.aur/PKGBUILD \
-    include/version.hpp
-
-  git commit -m "build: Bump version to ${tag_curr}"
-
-  # Recreate the tag to include the last commit
-  [ $# -eq 1 ] && git tag -f "$@"
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/common/version.sh b/common/version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 290b1f0b..00000000
--- a/common/version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-msg() {
-  if [ -t 1 ]; then
-    printf " \033[1;32m**\033[0m %s\n" "$@"
-  else
-    printf "** %s\n" "$@"
-  fi
-}
-
-main() {
-  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    set -- "$(git describe --tags --dirty=-dev)"
-  fi
-
-  GIT_TAG_NAMESPACE=$(echo "v$1" | sed "s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g")
-
-  msg "Current version: $1"
-  sed -r "/#define GIT_TAG/s/GIT_TAG .*/GIT_TAG \"$1\"/" -i include/version.hpp
-  sed -r "/#define GIT_TAG_NAMESPACE/s/GIT_TAG_NAMESPACE .*/GIT_TAG_NAMESPACE $GIT_TAG_NAMESPACE/" -i include/version.hpp
-
-  if git diff include/version.hpp 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
-    msg "Updated include/version.hpp"
-  else
-    msg "<include/version.hpp> is already up-to-date"
-  fi
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/include/CMakeLists.txt b/include/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a1feeeb..2e9b91fa 100644
--- a/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@ if(WITH_XKB)
 endif()
 string(REPLACE ";" ", " XPP_EXTENSION_LIST "${XPP_EXTENSION_LIST}")
 
-execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags --dirty=-git
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE APP_VERSION
-  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE ERROR_QUIET)
-
-if(APP_VERSION)
-  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9_]" "_" APP_VERSION_NAMESPACE "v${APP_VERSION}")
-endif()
-
 configure_file(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/settings.hpp.cmake
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated-sources/settings.hpp
diff --git a/include/settings.hpp.cmake b/include/settings.hpp.cmake
index 47457326..f86af49b 100644
--- a/include/settings.hpp.cmake
+++ b/include/settings.hpp.cmake
@@ -4,18 +4,9 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "version.hpp"
-
 #define APP_NAME "@PROJECT_NAME@"
 #cmakedefine APP_VERSION "@APP_VERSION@"
-#ifndef APP_VERSION
-#define APP_VERSION GIT_TAG
-#endif
 #cmakedefine APP_VERSION_NAMESPACE @APP_VERSION_NAMESPACE@
-#ifndef APP_VERSION_NAMESPACE
-#define APP_VERSION_NAMESPACE GIT_TAG_NAMESPACE
-#endif
-#define BASE_PATH "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@"
 
 #cmakedefine01 ENABLE_ALSA
 #cmakedefine01 ENABLE_MPD
diff --git a/include/version.hpp b/include/version.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f4e680a1..00000000
--- a/include/version.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#define GIT_TAG "3.3.0"
-#define GIT_TAG_NAMESPACE v3_3_0
diff --git a/src/utils/http.cpp b/src/utils/http.cpp
index 15b6b7e6..aee8d443 100644
--- a/src/utils/http.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/http.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ http_downloader::http_downloader(int connection_timeout) {
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, connection_timeout);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, true);
-  curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "polybar/" GIT_TAG);
+  curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "polybar/" APP_VERSION);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, http_downloader::write);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, true);
 }