diff --git a/Windows.MSVC.toolchain.cmake b/Windows.MSVC.toolchain.cmake
index 6e1effc..fddde8e 100644
--- a/Windows.MSVC.toolchain.cmake
+++ b/Windows.MSVC.toolchain.cmake
@@ -152,21 +152,6 @@ set(VS_TOOLSET_PATH "${VS_INSTALLATION_PATH}/VC/Tools/MSVC/${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_T
 
 # Set the tooling variables, include_directories and link_directories
 #
-function(getMsvcVersion COMPILER MSVC_VERSION_OUTPUT)
-    execute_process(
-        COMMAND "${COMPILER}" -Bv
-        ERROR_VARIABLE COMPILER_OUTPUT
-        OUTPUT_QUIET
-    )
-
-    if(COMPILER_OUTPUT MATCHES "cl\\.exe[^0-9]*(([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(\\.([0-9]+))?)")
-        set(COMPILER_VERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-        set(COMPILER_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_2})
-        set(COMPILER_VERSION_MINOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_3})
-    endif()
-
-    set(${MSVC_VERSION_OUTPUT} "${COMPILER_VERSION_MAJOR}${COMPILER_VERSION_MINOR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
 
 # Map CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR values to CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_ARCHITECTURE that identifies the tools that should
 # be used to produce code for the CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR.
@@ -187,11 +172,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL arm)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT} /EHsc")
 endif()
 
-getMsvcVersion(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} MSVC_VERSION)
-if(NOT MSVC_VERSION)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to obtain the compiler version from: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
-endif()
-
 # Compiler
 foreach(LANG C CXX RC)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_${LANG}_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${VS_TOOLSET_PATH}/ATLMFC/include")
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cb4b07..1e9afab 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 
 project(WindowsToolchainExample)
 
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
+    message(STATUS "MSVC_VERSION = ${MSVC_VERSION}")
+    message(STATUS "MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION = ${MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION}")
+endif()
+
 add_compile_definitions(
     UNICODE
     _UNICODE