diff --git a/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake b/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
index 2367b3e8e..237f9df36 100644
--- a/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 # (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
 # http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
-include(CleaningConfigureFile)
-
 if(__get_git_revision_description)
 	return()
 endif()
@@ -65,9 +63,9 @@ function(get_git_head_revision _refspecvar _hashvar)
 		return()
 	endif()
 	set(HEAD_FILE "${GIT_DATA}/HEAD")
-	cleaning_configure_file("${GIT_DIR}/HEAD" "${HEAD_FILE}" COPYONLY)
+	configure_file("${GIT_DIR}/HEAD" "${HEAD_FILE}" COPYONLY)
 
-	cleaning_configure_file("${_gitdescmoddir}/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in"
+	configure_file("${_gitdescmoddir}/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in"
 		"${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake"
 		@ONLY)
 	include("${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake")
diff --git a/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in b/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
index e9c0e08bc..888ce13aa 100644
--- a/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
 # http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
-include(CleaningConfigureFile)
-
 set(HEAD_HASH)
 
 file(READ "@HEAD_FILE@" HEAD_CONTENTS LIMIT 1024)
@@ -24,14 +22,14 @@ if(HEAD_CONTENTS MATCHES "ref")
 	# named branch
 	string(REPLACE "ref: " "" HEAD_REF "${HEAD_CONTENTS}")
 	if(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}")
-		cleaning_configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+		configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
 	elseif(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/logs/${HEAD_REF}")
-		cleaning_configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/logs/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+		configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/logs/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
 		set(HEAD_HASH "${HEAD_REF}")
 	endif()
 else()
 	# detached HEAD
-	cleaning_configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/HEAD" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+	configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/HEAD" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT HEAD_HASH)