diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4af1e205..99b2b8931 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ $(SCRIPT_LIB) : % : %.sh GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
 
 git.res: git.rc GIT-VERSION-FILE
 	$(QUIET_RC)$(RC) \
-	  $(join -DMAJOR= -DMINOR= -DPATCH=, $(wordlist 1,3,$(subst -, ,$(subst ., ,$(GIT_VERSION))))) \
+	  $(join -DMAJOR= -DMINOR=, $(wordlist 1,2,$(subst -, ,$(subst ., ,$(GIT_VERSION))))) \
 	  -DGIT_VERSION="\\\"$(GIT_VERSION)\\\"" $< -o $@
 
 ifndef NO_PERL
diff --git a/git.rc b/git.rc
index bce6db96a..33aafb786 100644
--- a/git.rc
+++ b/git.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION     MAJOR,MINOR,PATCH,0
-PRODUCTVERSION  MAJOR,MINOR,PATCH,0
+FILEVERSION     MAJOR,MINOR,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  MAJOR,MINOR,0,0
 BEGIN
   BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
   BEGIN