diff --git a/build/Gruntfile.js b/build/Gruntfile.js
index a21240cd6..b3ef700c0 100644
--- a/build/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/build/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
     var _ = require('lodash'),
         defaultConfig,
-        packageFile,
-        revisionHash = '@@REVISION',
-        revisionTimeStamp = '@@REVISIONDATE';
+        packageFile;
 
 
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
@@ -55,43 +53,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         });
     }
 
-    grunt.registerTask('init-config', 'Initialize build script', function() {
-        var exec = require('child_process').exec,
-            done = this.async(),
-            commandsRef = 0;
-
-        function doneTask() {
-            if (--commandsRef <= 0) {
-                done(true);
-            }
-        }
-
-        function doCommand(command, callback) {
-            commandsRef++;
-            exec(command, callback);
-        }
-
-        doCommand('hg log -r -1 --template "{node|short}"', function(error, stdout, stderr) {
-            if (error) {
-                grunt.log.writeln('Error: ' + error);
-            } else {
-                revisionHash = stdout;
-            }
-
-            doneTask();
-        });
-
-        doCommand('hg log -r -1 --template "{date|isodate}"', function(error, stdout, stderr) {
-            if (error) {
-                grunt.log.writeln('Error: ' + error);
-            } else {
-                revisionTimeStamp = stdout;
-            }
-
-            doneTask();
-        });
-    });
-
     grunt.initConfig({
         mocha: {
             test: {
@@ -212,7 +173,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                     ' *\n' +
                     ' * <%= pkg.homepage %> \n' +
                     ' *\n' +
-                    ' * Version: <%= pkg.version %> (build:<%= pkg.build %>, rev:' + revisionHash + ', date:' + revisionTimeStamp + ')\n' +
+                    ' * Version: <%= pkg.version %> (build:<%= pkg.build %>, rev:' + (process.env['GIT_COMMIT'] || 'local') + ')\n' +
                     ' */\n'
                 },
                 dist: {
@@ -444,9 +405,9 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         }
     });
 
-    grunt.registerTask('deploy-documenteditor',     ['init-build-documenteditor', 'init-config', 'deploy-app']);
-    grunt.registerTask('deploy-spreadsheeteditor',  ['init-build-spreadsheeteditor', 'init-config', 'deploy-app']);
-    grunt.registerTask('deploy-presentationeditor', ['init-build-presentationeditor', 'init-config', 'deploy-app']);
+    grunt.registerTask('deploy-documenteditor',     ['init-build-documenteditor', 'deploy-app']);
+    grunt.registerTask('deploy-spreadsheeteditor',  ['init-build-spreadsheeteditor', 'deploy-app']);
+    grunt.registerTask('deploy-presentationeditor', ['init-build-presentationeditor', 'deploy-app']);
 
     grunt.registerTask('default', ['deploy-documenteditor', 'deploy-spreadsheeteditor', 'deploy-presentationeditor']);
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/package.json b/build/package.json
index 5c5a63df3..003fbbd8d 100644
--- a/build/package.json
+++ b/build/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash": "^4.0.0",
     "grunt": "0.4.5",
-    "grunt-exec": "0.4.5",
     "grunt-replace": "0.7.3",
     "grunt-html-minify": "0.3.1",
     "grunt-text-replace": "0.3.11",