--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ def get_and_set_info(contrib, headless, rolling, ci_build):
 
     # generate a fresh version.py always when Git repository exists
     # (in sdists the version.py file already exists)
-    if os.path.exists(".git"):
+    if True:
         old_args = sys.argv.copy()
         sys.argv = ["", str(contrib), str(headless), str(rolling), str(ci_build)]
         runpy.run_path("find_version.py", run_name="__main__")
--- a/find_version.py
+++ b/find_version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     opencv_version = ""
     # dig out the version from OpenCV sources
-    version_file_path = "opencv/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp"
+    version_file_path = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/include/opencv4/opencv2/core/version.hpp"
 
     with open(version_file_path, "r") as f:
         for line in f:
@@ -29,21 +29,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 break
 
     # used in local dev releases
-    git_hash = (
-        subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
-        .splitlines()[0]
-        .decode()
-    )
+    git_hash = "N/A"
     # this outputs the annotated tag if we are exactly on a tag, otherwise <tag>-<n>-g<shortened sha-1>
     try:
-        tag = (
-            subprocess.check_output(
-                ["git", "describe", "--tags"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
-            )
-            .splitlines()[0]
-            .decode()
-            .split("-")
-        )
+        tag = ["@TERMUX_PKG_VERSION@"]
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         # no tags reachable (e.g. on a topic branch in a fork), see
         # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4916492/git-describe-fails-with-fatal-no-names-found-cannot-describe-anything