diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index e373a917fc5..de74fb01bb8 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
-
+
$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)gitbranch.txt').Trim())
$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)gitversion.txt').Trim())