diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/rockboxinfo.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/rockboxinfo.cpp
index 2f56a291c5..9d8aba65f9 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/rockboxinfo.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/rockboxinfo.cpp
@@ -33,38 +33,40 @@ RockboxInfo::RockboxInfo(QString mountpoint, QString fname)
         return;
 
     // read file contents
+    QRegExp hash("^Version:\\s+(r?)([0-9a-fM]+)");
+    QRegExp version("^Version:\\s+(\\S.*)");
+    QRegExp release("^Version:\\s+([0-9\\.]+)");
+    QRegExp target("^Target:\\s+(\\S.*)");
+    QRegExp features("^Features:\\s+(\\S.*)");
+    QRegExp targetid("^Target id:\\s+(\\S.*)");
+    QRegExp memory("^Memory:\\s+(\\S.*)");
     while (!file.atEnd())
     {
-        QString line = file.readLine();
+        QString line = file.readLine().trimmed();
 
-        if(line.contains("Version:"))
-        {
-            m_version = line.remove("Version:").trimmed();
-            if(m_version.startsWith("r")) {
-                m_revision = m_version;
-                m_revision.remove("r").replace(QRegExp("-.+$"), "");
-                m_release = "";
-            }
-            else {
-                m_release = m_version;
-                m_revision = "";
-            }
+        if(version.indexIn(line) >= 0) {
+            m_version = version.cap(1);
         }
-        else if(line.contains("Target: "))
-        {
-            m_target = line.remove("Target: ").trimmed();
+        if(release.indexIn(line) >= 0) {
+            m_release = release.cap(1);
         }
-        else if(line.contains("Features:"))
-        {
-            m_features = line.remove("Features:").trimmed();
+        if(hash.indexIn(line) >= 0) {
+            // git hashes are usually at least 7 characters.
+            // svn revisions are expected to be at least 4 digits.
+            if(hash.cap(2).size() > 3)
+                m_revision = hash.cap(2);
         }
-        else if(line.contains("Target id:"))
-        {
-            m_targetid = line.remove("Target id:").trimmed();
+        else if(target.indexIn(line) >= 0) {
+            m_target = target.cap(1);
         }
-        else if(line.contains("Memory:"))
-        {
-            m_ram = line.remove("Memory:").trimmed().toInt();
+        else if(features.indexIn(line) >= 0) {
+            m_features = features.cap(1);
+        }
+        else if(targetid.indexIn(line) >= 0) {
+            m_targetid = targetid.cap(1);
+        }
+        else if(memory.indexIn(line) >= 0) {
+            m_ram = memory.cap(1).toInt();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/test/test-rockboxinfo b/rbutil/rbutilqt/test/test-rockboxinfo
deleted file mode 100755
index f881e68015..0000000000
Binary files a/rbutil/rbutilqt/test/test-rockboxinfo and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/test/test-rockboxinfo.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/test/test-rockboxinfo.cpp
index 541d1c18ee..6fb45fd028 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/test/test-rockboxinfo.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/test/test-rockboxinfo.cpp
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ void TestRockboxInfo::testVersion()
 
     const struct testvector testdata[] =
     {
-        { "Version: r29629-110321",  "29629",    "r29629-110321",    "" },
-        { "Version: r29629M-110321", "29629M",   "r29629M-110321",   "" },
-        { "Version: 3.10",           "",         "3.10",             "3.10" },
-        { "Version:\t3.10",          "",         "3.10",             "3.10" },
+        { "Version: r29629-110321",   "29629",    "r29629-110321",   "" },
+        { "Version: r29629M-110321",  "29629M",   "r29629M-110321",  "" },
+        { "Version: 3.10",            "",         "3.10",            "3.10" },
+        { "Version:\t3.10",           "",         "3.10",            "3.10" },
+        { "#Version: r29629-110321",  "",         "",                "" },
+        { "Version: e5b1b0f-120218",  "e5b1b0f",  "e5b1b0f-120218",  "" },
+        { "Version: e5b1b0fM-120218", "e5b1b0fM", "e5b1b0fM-120218", "" },
+        { "#Version: e5b1b0f-120218", "",         "",                "" },
     };
 
 
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ void TestRockboxInfo::testVersion()
 
 void TestRockboxInfo::testTarget()
 {
-    unsigned int i, j;
+    int i, j;
     QStringList targets;
     targets << "sansae200" << "gigabeats" << "iriverh100" << "unknown";
     QStringList prefix;
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ void TestRockboxInfo::testTarget()
 
 void TestRockboxInfo::testMemory()
 {
-    unsigned int i, j;
+    int i, j;
     QStringList memsizes;
     memsizes << "8" << "16" << "32" << "64";
     QStringList prefix;
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ void TestRockboxInfo::testMemory()
 
 void TestRockboxInfo::testFeatures()
 {
-    unsigned int i, j;
+    int i, j;
     QStringList features;
     features << "backlight_brightness:button_light:dircache:flash_storage"
              << "pitchscreen:multivolume:multidrive_usb:quickscreen";