diff --git a/librz/util/str.c b/librz/util/str.c
index 1842ac3b27..6285e2c28b 100644
--- a/librz/util/str.c
+++ b/librz/util/str.c
@@ -4067,6 +4067,7 @@ RZ_API char *rz_str_version(const char *program) {
 	if (!gittip || !*rz_str_trim_head_ro(gittip)) {
 		goto done;
 	}
+	rz_str_trim(gittip);
 	rz_strbuf_append(sb, "\n");
 	rz_strbuf_appendf(sb, "commit: %s", gittip);
 done:
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9954ecb879..6aa8d3d098 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ if git_exe.found() and fs.exists('.git')
     build_by_default: true,
     output: 'gittip',
     command: [py3_exe, git_exe_repo_py, git_exe, repo, 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'],
+    capture: true,
     install: true,
     install_dir: rizin_bindir
   )
diff --git a/sys/meson_git_wrapper.py b/sys/meson_git_wrapper.py
index 304dcf7a1b..8e73a7fdad 100755
--- a/sys/meson_git_wrapper.py
+++ b/sys/meson_git_wrapper.py
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ def isCArgSupported(executable, path):
 
 def simple_git_execution(args):
     try:
-        called = subprocess.run(args, check=True, capture_output=True)
-        with open("gittip", "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
-            f.write(called.stdout.decode("utf8").strip())
+        called = subprocess.run(args, check=True)
         sys.exit(called.returncode)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         sys.exit(e.returncode)