diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2eecd4d43..2081698de 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ version_h = custom_target('git_version.h',
                           command: [version_sh, meson.current_build_dir(), meson.current_source_dir()],
                           build_by_default: true,
                           build_always_stale: true, # has internal check whether target file will be refreshed
-                          output: ['git_version.h', 'git_version.xml'])
+                          output: ['git_version.h'])
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and get_option('build_osx_bundle')
     prefix = meson.current_build_dir() / 'Aegisub.app' / 'Contents'
diff --git a/tools/version.ps1 b/tools/version.ps1
index 1fdb29adc..58c7ce5e1 100644
--- a/tools/version.ps1
+++ b/tools/version.ps1
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if ([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath([System.IO.Path]::Combine((pwd).Path, $BuildRo
     $BuildRoot = Join-Path $repositoryRootPath 'build'
   }
 $gitVersionHeaderPath = Join-Path $BuildRoot 'git_version.h'
-$gitVersionXmlPath = Join-Path $BuildRoot 'git_version.xml'
 
 $version = @{}
 if (Test-Path $gitVersionHeaderPath) {
@@ -50,6 +49,10 @@ $gitHash = git -C $repositoryRootPath rev-parse --short HEAD 2>$null
 $gitVersionString = $gitRevision, $gitBranch, $gitHash -join '-'
 $exactGitTag = git -C $repositoryRootPath describe --exact-match --tags 2>$null
 
+if ($gitVersionString -eq $version['BUILD_GIT_VERSION_STRING']) {
+  exit 0
+}
+
 if ($exactGitTag -match $semVerMatch) {
   $version['TAGGED_RELEASE'] = $true
   $version['RESOURCE_BASE_VERSION'] = $Matches[1..3]
@@ -85,19 +88,3 @@ $version.GetEnumerator() | %{
   }
   "#define $($_.Key) $($fmtValue)"
 } | Out-File -FilePath $gitVersionHeaderPath -Encoding utf8
-
-$gitVersionXml = [xml]@'
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <GitVersionNumber></GitVersionNumber>
-    <GitVersionString></GitVersionString>
-    <ReleaseVersion></ReleaseVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
-'@
-
-$gitVersionXml.Project.PropertyGroup.GitVersionNumber = $gitRevision.ToString()
-$gitVersionXml.Project.PropertyGroup.GitVersionString = $gitVersionString
-$gitVersionXml.Project.PropertyGroup.ReleaseVersion = $gitVersionString
-$gitVersionXml.Save($gitVersionXmlPath)
diff --git a/tools/version.sh b/tools/version.sh
index 3db7c280d..2266bba88 100755
--- a/tools/version.sh
+++ b/tools/version.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ if ! test -d "${srcdir}/.git"; then
       export $2=$(echo $3 | sed 's/"//g')
     done < "${version_h_path}"
     if test x$BUILD_GIT_VERSION_NUMBER != x -a x$BUILD_GIT_VERSION_STRING != x; then
-      export VERSION_SOURCE="from cached git_version.h"
-      return 0
+      exit 0
     else
       echo "invalid git_version.h"
       exit 2
@@ -65,17 +64,3 @@ in
   "${new_version_h}");;
   *) echo "${new_version_h}" > "${version_h_path}"
 esac
-
-export BUILD_GIT_VERSION_NUMBER="${git_revision}"
-export BUILD_GIT_VERSION_STRING="${git_version_str}"
-export VERSION_SOURCE="from git"
-
-cat << EOF > "${builddir}/git_version.xml"
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <GitVersionNumber>${git_revision}</GitVersionNumber>
-    <GitVersionString>${git_version_str}</GitVersionString>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
-EOF