diff --git a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
index 911f3096..1fd178fa 100644
--- a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ option(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_LTO "Enable link time optimisation of the benchmark libr
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 # Read the git tags to determine the project version
-include(GetGitVersion)
-get_git_version(GIT_VERSION)
+#include(GetGitVersion)
+#get_git_version(GIT_VERSION)
 
 # Tell the user what versions we are using
+set(GIT_VERSION "v0.0.0")
 string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" VERSION ${GIT_VERSION})
-message("-- Version: ${VERSION}")
+#message("-- Version: ${VERSION}")
 
 # The version of the libraries
 set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION ${VERSION})
diff --git a/benchmark/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake b/benchmark/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake
index 23ee8ac6..daff80aa 100644
--- a/benchmark/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake
+++ b/benchmark/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ function(cxx_feature_check FILE)
   string(TOLOWER ${FILE} FILE)
   string(TOUPPER ${FILE} VAR)
   string(TOUPPER "HAVE_${VAR}" FEATURE)
-  message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE}")
+  #message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE}")
   try_run(RUN_${FEATURE} COMPILE_${FEATURE}
           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/${FILE}.cpp)
   if(RUN_${FEATURE} EQUAL 0)
-    message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE} -- success")
+    #message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE} -- success")
     set(HAVE_${VAR} 1 PARENT_SCOPE)
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_${VAR})
   else()
-    if(NOT COMPILE_${FEATURE})
-      message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE} -- failed to compile")
-    else()
-      message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE} -- compiled but failed to run")
-    endif()
+    #if(NOT COMPILE_${FEATURE})
+      #message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE} -- failed to compile")
+    #else()
+      #message("-- Performing Test ${FEATURE} -- compiled but failed to run")
+    #endif()
   endif()
 endfunction()