diff --git a/src/version.cpp b/src/version.cpp
index 613e35e9..0f08938c 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp
+++ b/src/version.cpp
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ EXIV2_RCSID("@(#) $Id$")
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-// #1147
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-#include <uuid/uuid.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifndef EXV_USE_SSH
 #define EXV_USE_SSH 0
 #endif
@@ -550,14 +545,13 @@ void Exiv2::dumpLibraryInfo(std::ostream& os,const exv_grep_keys_t& keys)
 
 // #1147
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
-    uuid_t* p_uid ;
-	uid_t uid = getuid()   ; uuid_string_t s_uid ; p_uid= (uuid_t*) &uid ; uuid_unparse(*p_uid,s_uid);
-    uid_t eid = geteuid()  ; uuid_string_t s_eid ; p_uid= (uuid_t*) &eid ; uuid_unparse(*p_uid,s_eid);
-    uid_t gid = getgid()   ; uuid_string_t s_gid ; p_uid= (uuid_t*) &gid ; uuid_unparse(*p_uid,s_gid);
-
-    output(os,keys,"uid"               , s_uid           );
-    output(os,keys,"euid"              , s_eid           );
-    output(os,keys,"gid"               , s_gid           );
+    uid_t uid  = getuid()  ;
+    uid_t euid = geteuid() ;
+    uid_t gid  = getgid()  ;
+
+    output(os,keys,"uid"               , uid           );
+    output(os,keys,"euid"              , euid          );
+    output(os,keys,"gid"               , gid           );
 #endif
 
     output(os,keys,"have_regex"        ,have_regex       );