diff --git a/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in b/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in
index 5a8bdbbac..6cff74bc7 100644
--- a/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in
+++ b/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 #define TITLE_BAR_FORMAT_RUNNING "@TITLE_BAR_FORMAT_RUNNING@"
 
 namespace Common {
-
-const char* g_scm_rev;
-const char* g_scm_branch;
-const char* g_scm_desc;
+const char g_scm_rev[] = GIT_REV;
+const char g_scm_branch[] = GIT_BRANCH;
+const char g_scm_desc[] = GIT_DESC;
 const char g_build_name[] = BUILD_NAME;
 const char g_build_date[] = BUILD_DATE;
 const char g_build_fullname[] = BUILD_FULLNAME;
@@ -30,50 +29,4 @@ const char g_build_version[] = BUILD_VERSION;
 const char g_build_id[] = BUILD_ID;
 const char g_title_bar_format_idle[] = TITLE_BAR_FORMAT_IDLE;
 const char g_title_bar_format_running[] = TITLE_BAR_FORMAT_RUNNING;
-
-/// Anonymizes SCM data
-/// This is quite weak. But better than nothing.
-class scm_encrypt {
-    std::string m_scm_rev, m_scm_branch, m_scm_desc;
-
-public:
-    scm_encrypt() {
-        // Get a key that is easy to obtain when asking the person directly but (usually) hard to
-        // guess
-        std::string key;
-#ifdef __linux__
-        if (!std::getline(std::ifstream("/proc/sys/kernel/hostname"), key))
-            key = "linux_error_key";
-#else
-        // Not a good fallback, but better than nothing I guess?
-        key = g_build_date;
-#endif
-        // Copy strings in place
-        m_scm_rev = GIT_REV;
-        m_scm_branch = GIT_BRANCH;
-        m_scm_desc = GIT_DESC;
-        // XOR each string with key
-        auto key_it = key.begin();
-        for (auto& string : {&m_scm_rev, &m_scm_branch, &m_scm_desc}) {
-            for (auto& c : *string) {
-                c ^= *key_it;
-                if (++key_it == key.end())
-                    key_it = key.begin();
-            }
-        }
-        // Make each string human-readable
-        for (auto& string : {&m_scm_rev, &m_scm_branch, &m_scm_desc}) {
-            const std::string original = *string;
-            string->clear();
-            for (const auto c : original) {
-                string->append(fmt::format("{:x}", unsigned(c)));
-            }
-            string->pop_back();
-        }
-        // Set pointers
-        g_scm_rev = m_scm_rev.c_str();
-        g_scm_branch = m_scm_branch.c_str();
-        g_scm_desc = m_scm_desc.c_str();
-    }
-} scm_encrypt_instance;
 } // namespace Common
diff --git a/src/common/scm_rev.h b/src/common/scm_rev.h
index 6195d8206..34bc70b65 100644
--- a/src/common/scm_rev.h
+++ b/src/common/scm_rev.h
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 namespace Common {
 
-extern const char* g_scm_rev;
-extern const char* g_scm_branch;
-extern const char* g_scm_desc;
+extern const char g_scm_rev[];
+extern const char g_scm_branch[];
+extern const char g_scm_desc[];
 extern const char g_build_name[];
 extern const char g_build_date[];
 extern const char g_build_fullname[];