diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
index d5862754f7..937a1206b6 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
@@ -765,6 +765,10 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_CHECK lang file)
         CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS "${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS}")
     endif()
 
+    # Remove arbitrary text that may appear before or after each INFO string.
+    string(REGEX MATCHALL "INFO:[A-Za-z0-9_]+\\[([^]\"]*)\\]"
+      CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS "${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS}")
+
     # In C# binaries, some strings are found more than once.
     list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS)