[Backport 12.0] Cannot build without having git installed

Create a project using archetype 12.0.1.
Uninstall git if you have it.
run mvn clean install

result

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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 3.257 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-09-25T09:37:13+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 31M/499M
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:buildnumber-maven-plugin:1.4:create (default) on project myhippoproject-repository-data-application: Cannot get the revision information from the scm repository :
[ERROR] Exception while executing SCM command. Error while executing command. Error while executing process. Cannot run program "git" (in directory "/mnt/second/mhp/12/myhippoproject/repository-data/application"): error=2, No such file or directory