diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index 39e41f6738..714585f3fe 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -71,17 +71,9 @@ sub DeterminePlatform
 	my $self = shift;
 
 	# Examine CL help output to determine if we are in 32 or 64-bit mode.
-	$self->{platform} = 'Win32';
-	open(P, "cl /? 2>&1 |") || die "cl command not found";
-	while (<P>)
-	{
-		if (/^\/favor:<.+AMD64/)
-		{
-			$self->{platform} = 'x64';
-			last;
-		}
-	}
-	close(P);
+	my $output = `cl /? 2>&1`;
+	$? >> 8 == 0 or die "cl command not found";
+	$self->{platform} = ($output =~ /^\/favor:<.+AMD64/m) ? 'x64' : 'Win32';
 	print "Detected hardware platform: $self->{platform}\n";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm b/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
index d255becfe8..b83af4026e 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
@@ -92,30 +92,16 @@ sub CreateProject
 
 sub DetermineVisualStudioVersion
 {
-	my $nmakeVersion = shift;
-
-	if (!defined($nmakeVersion))
-	{
-
-# Determine version of nmake command, to set proper version of visual studio
-# we use nmake as it has existed for a long time and still exists in current visual studio versions
-		open(P, "nmake /? 2>&1 |")
-		  || croak
-"Unable to determine Visual Studio version: The nmake command wasn't found.";
-		while (<P>)
-		{
-			chomp;
-			if (/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.\d+(\.\d+)?$/)
-			{
-				return _GetVisualStudioVersion($1, $2);
-			}
-		}
-		close(P);
-	}
-	elsif ($nmakeVersion =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.\d+(\.\d+)?$/)
+	# To determine version of Visual Studio we use nmake as it has
+	# existed for a long time and still exists in current Visual
+	# Studio versions.
+	my $output = `nmake /? 2>&1`;
+	$? >> 8 == 0 or croak "Unable to determine Visual Studio version: The nmake command wasn't found.";
+	if ($output =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.\d+(\.\d+)?$/m)
 	{
 		return _GetVisualStudioVersion($1, $2);
 	}
+
 	croak
 "Unable to determine Visual Studio version: The nmake version could not be determined.";
 }