diff --git a/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt
index e5cb87b792..b0c6ea2042 100644
--- a/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ set_source_files_properties(${px4_git_ver_header} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
 add_custom_target(ver_gen ALL DEPENDS ${px4_git_ver_header})
 
 # The URL for the elf file for crash logging
+set(BUILD_URI "localhost")
 if (DEFINED ENV{BUILD_URI})
 	set(BUILD_URI $ENV{BUILD_URI})
-else()
-	set(BUILD_URI "localhost")
 endif()
 
 add_definitions(-DBUILD_URI=${BUILD_URI})