diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 470d5c966f..96efd68a2f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(CURA_VERSION "master" CACHE STRING "Version name of Cura")
 set(CURA_BUILDTYPE "" CACHE STRING "Build type of Cura, eg. 'PPA'")
-set(CURA_PACKAGES_VERSION "${CURA_PACKAGES_VERSION}" CACHE STRING "Packages version of Cura")
+set(CURA_PACKAGES_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Packages version of Cura")
 configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cura.desktop.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cura.desktop @ONLY)
 configure_file(cura/CuraVersion.py.in CuraVersion.py @ONLY)
 
diff --git a/cura/CuraVersion.py.in b/cura/CuraVersion.py.in
index 1d55f4dd95..f45a24cae9 100644
--- a/cura/CuraVersion.py.in
+++ b/cura/CuraVersion.py.in
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 CuraVersion = "@CURA_VERSION@"
 CuraBuildType = "@CURA_BUILDTYPE@"
 CuraDebugMode = True if "@_cura_debugmode@" == "ON" else False
-CuraPackagesVersion = "@CURA_PACKAGES_VERSION"
+CuraPackagesVersion = "@CURA_PACKAGES_VERSION@"