diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e5722ad7..aaee0530 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,19 +17,6 @@ set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR "1")
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH "4")
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
-# Update versions in various places
-# This must be run before setting SOVERSION, because SOVERSION is read from
-# a file generated by this script
-find_program(SHELL NAMES sh dash bash zsh)
-if(SHELL)
-  execute_process(
-      COMMAND ${SHELL} ${toxcore_SOURCE_DIR}/other/version-sync
-      ${toxcore_SOURCE_DIR}
-      ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
-      ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
-      ${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
-endif()
-
 # set .so library version / following libtool scheme
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/libtool.html#Updating-version-info
 file(STRINGS ${toxcore_SOURCE_DIR}/so.version SOVERSION_CURRENT REGEX "^CURRENT=[0-9]+$")
diff --git a/other/version-sync b/other/version-sync
index fdfe91d9..fa408c2d 100755
--- a/other/version-sync
+++ b/other/version-sync
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ update 'toxcore/tox.api.h' 's/\(const VERSION_MAJOR *= \).*;/\1'$MAJOR';/'
 update 'toxcore/tox.api.h' 's/\(const VERSION_MINOR *= \).*;/\1'$MINOR';/'
 update 'toxcore/tox.api.h' 's/\(const VERSION_PATCH *= \).*;/\1'$PATCH';/'
 
+update 'CMakeLists.txt' 's/\(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR "\).*"/\1'$MAJOR'"/'
+update 'CMakeLists.txt' 's/\(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR "\).*"/\1'$MINOR'"/'
+update 'CMakeLists.txt' 's/\(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH "\).*"/\1'$PATCH'"/'
+
 #
 # calculating the SO version
 #