diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e88eef6d7dcab3024153f14647f715c1340e7342..18f0dc69d7bb29dda4835c23347704e15be06d8b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ include(FetchContent)
 
 if(DEFINED ENV{CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME})
   set(GIT_BRANCH "$ENV{CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}")
-elseif(DEFINED ENV{READTHEDOCS})
-  set(GIT_BRANCH "$ENV{READTHEDOCS_VERSION}")
 else()
   execute_process(
-    COMMAND git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --abbrev-ref HEAD
+    COMMAND bash -c "git status | grep origin | sed -e 's/.*origin\\///' -e 's/[^a-zA-Z].*//'" 
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)