diff --git a/Building/Windows/getBuildInfo.awk b/Building/Windows/getBuildInfo.awk
index 2f2dece7..63d90c89 100644
--- a/Building/Windows/getBuildInfo.awk
+++ b/Building/Windows/getBuildInfo.awk
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     build = dict[status]
     print "#define MyBuildNumber \"" (build * 100) "\""
 
+    # strip any trailing quote (only happens for a release build)
+    sub("\"","",v[3])
+
     # v[1] already includes a leading quote mark
     print "#define MyVersionNumbers " v[1] "." v[2] "." v[3] "." (build * 100) "\""
 }