diff --git a/bin/qmk b/bin/qmk
index 60555d3d709..7592eefd933 100755
--- a/bin/qmk
+++ b/bin/qmk
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 """CLI wrapper for running QMK commands.
 """
 import os
-import subprocess
 import sys
 from importlib.util import find_spec
-from time import strftime
 
 # Add the QMK python libs to our path
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
@@ -35,16 +33,6 @@ with open(os.path.join(qmk_dir, 'requirements.txt'), 'r') as fd:
             print('Please run `pip3 install -r requirements.txt` to install the python dependencies.')
             exit(255)
 
-# Figure out our version
-# TODO(skullydazed/anyone): Find a method that doesn't involve git. This is slow in docker and on windows.
-command = ['git', 'describe', '--abbrev=6', '--dirty', '--always', '--tags']
-result = subprocess.run(command, universal_newlines=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-
-if result.returncode == 0:
-    os.environ['QMK_VERSION'] = result.stdout.strip()
-else:
-    os.environ['QMK_VERSION'] = 'nogit-' + strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S') + '-dirty'
-
 # Setup the CLI
 import milc  # noqa
 
diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/doctor.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/doctor.py
index 9b81c8508be..65b6f0a96fa 100755
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/doctor.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/doctor.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from milc import cli
 from qmk import submodules
 from qmk.questions import yesno
+from qmk.commands import run
 
 ESSENTIAL_BINARIES = {
     'dfu-programmer': {},
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ def check_modem_manager():
     """Returns True if ModemManager is running.
     """
     if shutil.which("systemctl"):
-        mm_check = subprocess.run(["systemctl", "--quiet", "is-active", "ModemManager.service"], timeout=10)
+        mm_check = run(["systemctl", "--quiet", "is-active", "ModemManager.service"], timeout=10)
         if mm_check.returncode == 0:
             return True
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ def is_executable(command):
         return False
 
     # Make sure the command can be executed
-    check = subprocess.run([command, '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, timeout=5, universal_newlines=True)
+    check = run([command, '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, timeout=5, universal_newlines=True)
     ESSENTIAL_BINARIES[command]['output'] = check.stdout
 
     if check.returncode in [0, 1]:  # Older versions of dfu-programmer exit 1
@@ -207,19 +208,19 @@ def doctor(cli):
     ok = True
 
     # Determine our OS and run platform specific tests
-    OS = platform.platform().lower()  # noqa (N806), uppercase name is ok in this instance
+    platform_id = platform.platform().lower()
 
-    if 'darwin' in OS or 'macos' in OS:
+    if 'darwin' in platform_id or 'macos' in platform_id:
         if not os_test_macos():
             ok = False
-    elif 'linux' in OS:
+    elif 'linux' in platform_id:
         if not os_test_linux():
             ok = False
-    elif 'windows' in OS:
+    elif 'windows' in platform_id:
         if not os_test_windows():
             ok = False
     else:
-        cli.log.error('Unsupported OS detected: %s', OS)
+        cli.log.error('Unsupported OS detected: %s', platform_id)
         ok = False
 
     # Make sure the basic CLI tools we need are available and can be executed.
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ def doctor(cli):
 
     if not bin_ok:
         if yesno('Would you like to install dependencies?', default=True):
-            subprocess.run(['util/qmk_install.sh'])
+            run(['util/qmk_install.sh'])
             bin_ok = check_binaries()
 
     if bin_ok:
diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
index 3d4ed161636..3424cdf0851 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 """Helper functions for commands.
 """
 import json
+import os
+import platform
+import subprocess
+import shlex
 
 import qmk.keymap
 
@@ -61,3 +65,19 @@ def parse_configurator_json(configurator_file):
     user_keymap = json.load(configurator_file)
 
     return user_keymap
+
+
+def run(command, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Run a command with subprocess.run
+    """
+    platform_id = platform.platform().lower()
+
+    if isinstance(command, str):
+        raise TypeError('`command` must be a non-text sequence such as list or tuple.')
+
+    if 'windows' in platform_id:
+        safecmd = map(shlex.quote, command)
+        safecmd = ' '.join(safecmd)
+        command = [os.environ['SHELL'], '-c', safecmd]
+
+    return subprocess.run(command, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py b/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py
index a2595eb7887..3b4e66a211d 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import subprocess
+from qmk.commands import run
 
 
 def check_subcommand(command, *args):
     cmd = ['bin/qmk', command] + list(args)
-    return subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    return run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
 
 
 def test_cformat():