diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 52d72e247..368e98400 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "build_utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.13.0"
@@ -4187,6 +4191,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bech32",
  "bip0039",
  "bls12_381",
+ "build_utils",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes 0.4.12",
  "concat-idents",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44e2876f7..7d2852d7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ tempdir = "0.3"
 portpicker = "0.1"
 incrementalmerkletree = { git = "https://github.com/zcash/incrementalmerkletree", rev = "bae25ad89c0c192bee625252d2d419bd56638e48" }
 shardtree = { git = "https://github.com/zcash/incrementalmerkletree", rev = "bae25ad89c0c192bee625252d2d419bd56638e48"  }
+build_utils = { path = "./build_utils" }
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = false
diff --git a/build_utils/Cargo.toml b/build_utils/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a89840756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "build_utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/build_utils/src/lib.rs b/build_utils/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8119b49c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::{env, fs::File, path::Path, process::Command};
+
+pub fn git_description() {
+    let output = Command::new("git")
+        .args(["describe", "--dirty"])
+        .output()
+        .expect("Failed to execute git command");
+
+    let git_description = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
+
+    // Write the git description to a file which will be included in the crate
+    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+    let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("git_description.rs");
+    let mut f = File::create(dest_path).unwrap();
+    writeln!(
+        f,
+        "pub fn git_description() -> &'static str {{\"{}\"}}",
+        git_description
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/zingolib/Cargo.toml b/zingolib/Cargo.toml
index c94abacc3..9ac2088a2 100644
--- a/zingolib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zingolib/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ concat-idents = "1.1.3"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = { workspace = true }
+build_utils = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zingolib/build.rs b/zingolib/build.rs
index 3e4066674..aaf7be823 100644
--- a/zingolib/build.rs
+++ b/zingolib/build.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 // build.rs
-use std::env;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::Write;
-use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::Command;
-
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     tonic_build::configure().build_server(true).compile(
         &["proto/service.proto", "proto/compact_formats.proto"],
@@ -12,22 +6,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     )?;
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=proto/service.proto");
     // Run `git describe --dirty` to get the description
-    let output = Command::new("git")
-        .args(["describe", "--dirty"])
-        .output()
-        .expect("Failed to execute git command");
-
-    let git_description = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
-
-    // Write the git description to a file which will be included in the crate
-    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-    let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("git_description.rs");
-    let mut f = File::create(dest_path).unwrap();
-    writeln!(
-        f,
-        "pub fn git_description() -> &'static str {{\"{}\"}}",
-        git_description
-    )
-    .unwrap();
+    build_utils::git_description();
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/zingolib/src/wallet/transactions.rs b/zingolib/src/wallet/transactions.rs
index bbbdff7dc..2043f0e86 100644
--- a/zingolib/src/wallet/transactions.rs
+++ b/zingolib/src/wallet/transactions.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ impl TransactionMetadataSet {
             }
         };
 
-        dbg!(&witness_trees);
         Ok(Self {
             current,
             some_txid_from_highest_wallet_block,