diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index ed16e73ac51..b7e0f3cec53 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
-
+
$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)gitbranch.txt').Trim())
$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)gitversion.txt').Trim())