diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a407344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cmake/modules/.git_archival.txt export-subst
diff --git a/cmake/modules/.git_archival.txt b/cmake/modules/.git_archival.txt
index 9d376cd1..4ed73f54 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/.git_archival.txt
+++ b/cmake/modules/.git_archival.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 node: $Format:%H$
 node-date: $Format:%cI$
 describe-name: $Format:%(describe:tags=true,match=?[0-9.]*)$
-ref-names: $Format:%D$