diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
index 65029ddbff..fae91c165f 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ endif()
 
 macro(ocv_git_describe var_name path)
   if(GIT_FOUND)
-    execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --tags --exact-match --dirty
+    execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --exact-match --dirty
       WORKING_DIRECTORY "${path}"
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${var_name}
       RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT