diff --git a/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake b/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
index f240480005..65aa8c78c5 100644
--- a/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
+++ b/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
@@ -22,17 +22,16 @@ if(GIT_FOUND)
   execute_process(WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list --count HEAD ^master
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOLPHIN_WC_COMMITS_AHEAD_MASTER
       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-  # defines DOLPHIN_WC_TAG
-  execute_process(WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --exact-match HEAD
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOLPHIN_WC_TAG
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 endif()
 
 # version number
-set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MAJOR "2407")
-set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MINOR "1")
-set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH ${DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION})
+set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MAJOR "5")
+set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MINOR "0")
+if(DOLPHIN_WC_BRANCH STREQUAL "stable")
+  set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH "0")
+else()
+  set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH ${DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION})
+endif()
 
 # If Dolphin is not built from a Git repository, default the version info to
 # reasonable values.
@@ -43,13 +42,6 @@ if(NOT DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION)
   set(DOLPHIN_WC_COMMITS_AHEAD_MASTER 0)
 endif()
 
-# If this is a tag (i.e. a release), then set the current patch version and
-# the number of commits ahead to zero.
-if(DOLPHIN_WC_TAG)
-  set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH "0")
-  set(DOLPHIN_WC_COMMITS_AHEAD_MASTER 0)
-endif()
-
 function(configure_source_file path)
   configure_file(
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${path}.in"
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
index b2ff644ecc..298f4e0505 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var cmd_revision	= " rev-parse HEAD";
 var cmd_describe	= " describe --always --long --dirty";
 var cmd_branch		= " rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD";
 var cmd_commits_ahead = " rev-list --count HEAD ^master";
-var cmd_get_tag       = " describe --exact-match HEAD";
 
 function GetGitExe()
 {
@@ -60,25 +59,6 @@ function GetFirstStdOutLine(cmd)
 	}
 }
 
-function AttemptToExecuteCommand(cmd)
-{
-	try
-	{
-		var exec = wshShell.Exec(cmd)
-
-		// wait until the command has finished
-		while (exec.Status == 0) {}
-
-		return exec.ExitCode;
-	}
-	catch (e)
-	{
-		// catch "the system cannot find the file specified" error
-		WScript.Echo("Failed to exec " + cmd + " this should never happen");
-		WScript.Quit(1);
-	}
-}
-
 function GetFileContents(f)
 {
 	try
@@ -108,12 +88,6 @@ if (default_update_track == "%DOLPHIN_DEFAULT_UPDATE_TRACK%") default_update_tra
 // remove hash (and trailing "-0" if needed) from description
 describe = describe.replace(/(-0)?-[^-]+(-dirty)?$/, '$2');
 
-// set commits ahead to zero if on a tag
-if (AttemptToExecuteCommand(gitexe + cmd_get_tag) == 0)
-{
-	commits_ahead = "0";
-}
-
 var out_contents =
 	"#define SCM_REV_STR \"" + revision + "\"\n" +
 	"#define SCM_DESC_STR \"" + describe + "\"\n" +