diff --git a/include/reactos/version.cmake b/include/reactos/version.cmake
index b01f2460bd0..85c2eb2ea85 100644
--- a/include/reactos/version.cmake
+++ b/include/reactos/version.cmake
@@ -46,18 +46,19 @@ endif()
 
 math(EXPR REACTOS_DLL_VERSION_MAJOR "${KERNEL_VERSION_MAJOR}+42")
 set(DLL_VERSION_STR "${REACTOS_DLL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KERNEL_VERSION_MINOR}-${KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_TYPE}")
+
+# get svn revision number
+set(REVISION "-rUNKNOWN")
+set(KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_HEX "0")
 if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.svn")
     find_package(Subversion)
     if(Subversion_FOUND)
         subversion_wc_info(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} SVNINFO)
         if(SVNINFO_WC_REVISION)
             set(REVISION "-r${SVNINFO_WC_REVISION}")
-            converttohex(${SVNINFO_WC_REVISION} KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_HEX)            
+            converttohex(${SVNINFO_WC_REVISION} KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_HEX)
         endif()
     endif()
-else()
-    set(REVISION "-rUNKNOWN")
-    set(HEXREVISION "0x0")
 endif()
 
 configure_file(include/reactos/version.h.cmake ${REACTOS_BINARY_DIR}/include/reactos/version.h)