diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e905c8ef..66f1049dc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,14 +103,16 @@ else( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
   add_definitions("-DTFEL_ARCH32")
 endif( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
 
-#extraction svn revision
-if(NOT TFEL_SVN_REVISION)
-execute_process(COMMAND svnversion
-                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-                OUTPUT_VARIABLE TFEL_SVN_REVISION 
-		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-endif(NOT TFEL_SVN_REVISION)
-add_definitions("-DTFEL_SVN_REVISION=\\\"\"${TFEL_SVN_REVISION}\"\\\"")
+#extraction git hash
+if(NOT TFEL_GIT_HASH)
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND git log -1 --format=%h
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE TFEL_GIT_HASH
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+message("Abbreviated commit hash: ${TFEL_GIT_HASH}")
+endif(NOT TFEL_GIT_HASH)
+add_definitions("-DTFEL_GIT_HASH=\\\"\"${TFEL_GIT_HASH}\"\\\"")
 add_definitions("-DTFEL_CMAKE_GENERATOR=\\\"\"${CMAKE_GENERATOR}\"\\\"")
 
 # testing
diff --git a/docs/web/release-notes-3.0.13.md b/docs/web/release-notes-3.0.13.md
index ee8d8224a..0f16251ca 100644
--- a/docs/web/release-notes-3.0.13.md
+++ b/docs/web/release-notes-3.0.13.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ eqnPrefixTemplate: "($$i$$)"
 
 # Issues fixed
 
+# Issue 87: [tfel-config] remove reference to svn revision
+
+For more details, see <https://github.com/thelfer/tfel/issues/487>.
+
 # Issue 466: Fix build with gcc 13
 
 For more details, see <https://github.com/thelfer/tfel/issues/466>.
diff --git a/tfel-config/src/tfel-config.cxx b/tfel-config/src/tfel-config.cxx
index cea1e2a70..d711a6132 100644
--- a/tfel-config/src/tfel-config.cxx
+++ b/tfel-config/src/tfel-config.cxx
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static void listOptions(std::ostream& os) {
 
 [[noreturn]] static void treatVersion() {
   std::cout << "tfel-config " << VERSION
-            << " (svn revision : " << TFEL_SVN_REVISION << ")" << std::endl;
+            << " (git hash: " << TFEL_GIT_HASH << ")" << std::endl;
   std::exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }  // end of treatHelp