diff --git a/include.xml b/include.xml
index f7720c255..46b291fdf 100644
--- a/include.xml
+++ b/include.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <extension>
 	
 	<log error="Lime ${lime} is not compatible with Haxe ${haxe} (version 3.2.0 or higher is required)" if="${haxe < 3.2.0}" />
-
+	
 	<set name="lime" />
 	
 	<haxedef name="native" if="cpp || neko || nodejs || cs" />
diff --git a/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx b/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx
index 0cf1d7b89..da6a47d9f 100644
--- a/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx
+++ b/lime/project/ProjectXMLParser.hx
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ class ProjectXMLParser extends HXProject {
 			
 		}
 		
-		var p = new sys.io.Process ("haxe", ["-version"]);
-		var haxeVersion = StringTools.replace (p.stderr.readAll ().toString (), "\n", "");
-		p.close ();
-		defines.set ("haxe", haxeVersion);
-		defines.set ("haxe"+haxeVersion.split(".")[0], "1");
-		
 		if (debug) {
 			
 			defines.set ("debug", "1");
diff --git a/tools/CommandLineTools.hx b/tools/CommandLineTools.hx
index 5d11cb3d5..36f9b5dfa 100644
--- a/tools/CommandLineTools.hx
+++ b/tools/CommandLineTools.hx
@@ -1388,11 +1388,18 @@ class CommandLineTools {
 			
 		}
 		
-		// Not sure why this gets no output?
-		
-		//var haxeVersion = ProcessHelper.runProcess ("", "haxe", [ "-version" ], true, true, true);
-		//environment.set ("haxe", haxeVersion);
-		//environment.set ("haxe_ver", haxeVersion);
+		try {
+			
+			var process = new Process ("haxe", [ "-version" ]);
+			var haxeVersion = StringTools.trim (process.stderr.readAll ().toString ());
+			process.close ();
+			
+			environment.set ("haxe", haxeVersion);
+			environment.set ("haxe_ver", haxeVersion);
+			
+			environment.set ("haxe" + haxeVersion.split (".")[0], "1");
+			
+		} catch (e:Dynamic) {}
 		
 		if (!environment.exists ("HAXE_STD_PATH")) {