diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9132e7490b20..48efa783fbfc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ endif()
 #
 
 if(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION)
-	message("here 1")
    #project version is defined by -D on the cmake command line
    # only use that value, do not upate it at make time
    EXECUTE_PROCESS( COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/create_version_h.sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/version_gen.h ${PROJECT_VERSION}
@@ -102,9 +101,8 @@ if(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION)
 		  )
 else(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION)
 	if(NOT SOURCE_PACKAGE)
-	message("here 2")
 	  # this part is setting the corresponding CMake variable which gets used for example when creating a source package
-	  EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND git describe --tags --dirty HEAD 
+	  EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND git describe --tags --dirty
 	      COMMAND sed "s,^release-,,;s,-,+,;s,-,~,;" OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE PROJECT_VERSION
 	      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 	  add_custom_target(
@@ -114,7 +112,6 @@ else(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION)
 			  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
 			  )
 	else(NOT SOURCE_PACKAGE)
-	message("here 3")
 	  set(PROJECT_VERSION "archive-$Format:%H$")
 	  execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/create_version_h.sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/version_gen.h ${PROJECT_VERSION}
 			  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
@@ -122,7 +119,6 @@ else(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION)
 	endif(NOT SOURCE_PACKAGE)
 endif(DEFINED PROJECT_VERSION)
 
-	message("here 4")
 
 #
 # Initial cmake/debian/postinst and prerm script for debian package