diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.cpp
index 8a85a756fa7..203dfe8706d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.cpp
@@ -86,16 +86,11 @@ void CMakeValidator::finished(int exitCode)
     }
     if (m_state == CMakeValidator::RunningBasic) {
         QByteArray response = m_process->readAll();
-        QRegExp versionRegexp(QLatin1String("^cmake version ([\\d\\.]*)"));
-        versionRegexp.indexIn(QString::fromLocal8Bit(response));
 
         m_hasCodeBlocksMsvcGenerator = response.contains("CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles");
         m_hasCodeBlocksNinjaGenerator = response.contains("CodeBlocks - Ninja");
-        m_version = versionRegexp.cap(1);
-        if (versionRegexp.capturedTexts().size() > 3)
-            m_version += QLatin1Char('.') + versionRegexp.cap(3);
 
-        if (m_version.isEmpty()) {
+        if (response.isEmpty()) {
             m_state = CMakeValidator::Invalid;
         } else {
             m_state = CMakeValidator::RunningFunctionList;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.h
index 945a2271ff7..c4c39283a59 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakevalidator.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ private:
     QProcess *m_process;
     bool m_hasCodeBlocksMsvcGenerator;
     bool m_hasCodeBlocksNinjaGenerator;
-    QString m_version;
     QString m_executable;
 
     QMap<QString, QStringList> m_functionArgs;