diff --git a/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp b/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp
index 8833156386f..d66bdf3583f 100644
--- a/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp
+++ b/src/Daemon/BaseDaemon.cpp
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static void blockSignals(const std::vector<int> & signals)
         throw Poco::Exception("Cannot block signal.");
 }
 
-extern String getGitHash();
+extern const char * GIT_HASH;
 
 void BaseDaemon::initializeTerminationAndSignalProcessing()
 {
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ void BaseDaemon::initializeTerminationAndSignalProcessing()
     build_id = "";
 #endif
 
-    git_hash = getGitHash();
+    git_hash = GIT_HASH;
 
 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
     std::string executable_path = getExecutablePath();
diff --git a/src/Daemon/GitHash.cpp.in b/src/Daemon/GitHash.cpp.in
index 7e33682d670..c5990531449 100644
--- a/src/Daemon/GitHash.cpp.in
+++ b/src/Daemon/GitHash.cpp.in
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 /// This file was autogenerated by CMake
 
-#include <base/types.h>
-
-String getGitHash()
-{
-    return "@GIT_HASH@";
-}
+const char * GIT_HASH = "@GIT_HASH@";