diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index b6a96cc..42e6cf9 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
 	/// Convert linker flags to compiler format
 	string[] lflagsToDFlags(in string[] lflags) const;
 
+	/// Determines compiler version
+	string determineVersion(string compiler_binary, string verboseOutput);
+
 	/** Runs a tool and provides common boilerplate code.
 
 		This method should be used by `Compiler` implementations to invoke the
@@ -123,19 +126,12 @@
 			compiler_binary =	binary to invoke compiler with
 			args			=	arguments for the probe compilation
 			arch_override	=	special handler for x86_mscoff
-			versionRes		=	array of regular expressions to scan the output
-								and find the compiler version. For each, the
-								version must be in capture index 1. The output
-								is scanned in multi-line mode (i.e. ^ will match any line start)
 	*/
 	protected final BuildPlatform probePlatform(string compiler_binary, string[] args,
-		string arch_override, string[] versionRes)
+		string arch_override)
 	{
 		import dub.compilers.utils : generatePlatformProbeFile, readPlatformJsonProbe;
-		import std.algorithm : filter, map;
-		import std.range : takeOne;
-		import std.regex : matchFirst, regex;
-		import std.string : format;
+		import std.string : format, strip;
 
 		auto fil = generatePlatformProbeFile();
 
@@ -151,17 +147,14 @@
 				`This will probably result in build errors.`, build_platform.compiler, this.name);
 		}
 
-		auto ver = versionRes
-			.map!(re => matchFirst(result.output, regex(re, "m")))
-			.filter!(c => c.length > 1)
-			.map!(c => c[1])
-			.takeOne();
+		auto ver = determineVersion(compiler_binary, result.output)
+			.strip;
 		if (ver.empty) {
 			logWarn(`Could not probe the compiler version for "%s". ` ~
 				`Toolchain requirements might be ineffective`, build_platform.compiler);
 		}
 		else {
-			build_platform.compilerVersion = ver.front;
+			build_platform.compilerVersion = ver;
 		}
 
 		// Hack: see #1059
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
index a628076..2429f8c 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@
 		assert(c && c.length > 1 && c[1] == "2.084.0-beta.1");
 	}
 
+	string determineVersion(string compiler_binary, string verboseOutput)
+	{
+		import std.regex : matchFirst, regex;
+		auto ver = matchFirst(verboseOutput, regex(dmdVersionRe, "m"));
+		return ver && ver.length > 1 ? ver[1] : null;
+	}
+
 	BuildPlatform determinePlatform(ref BuildSettings settings, string compiler_binary, string arch_override)
 	{
 		string[] arch_flags;
@@ -121,8 +128,7 @@
 		return probePlatform(
 			compiler_binary,
 			arch_flags ~ ["-quiet", "-c", "-o-", "-v"],
-			arch_override,
-			[ dmdVersionRe ]
+			arch_override
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
index 53225e3..30e07f5 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
@@ -54,31 +54,15 @@
 
 	@property string name() const { return "gdc"; }
 
-	enum gdcVersionRe1 = `GDC\s+(\d+\.\d+\.\d+[A-Za-z0-9.+-]*)`;
-	enum gdcVersionRe2 = `^GNU D \(.*?\) version (\d+\.\d+\.\d+[A-Za-z0-9.+-]*)`;
-	enum gdcVersionRe3 = `^gcc version (\d+\.\d+\.\d+[A-Za-z0-9.+-]*)`;
+	string determineVersion(string compiler_binary, string verboseOutput)
+	{
+		const result = execute([
+			compiler_binary,
+			"-dumpfullversion",
+			"-dumpversion"
+		]);
 
-	unittest {
-		import std.algorithm : equal, map;
-		import std.range : only;
-		import std.regex : matchFirst, regex;
-		auto probe = `
-Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
-Thread model: posix
-gcc version 8.2.1 20180831 (GDC 8.2.1 based on D v2.068.2 built with ISL 0.20 for Arch Linux)
-GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
-GNU D (GDC 8.2.1 based on D v2.068.2 built with ISL 0.20 for Arch Linux) version 8.2.1 20180831 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
-GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
-binary    /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.1/cc1d
-version   v2.068.2
-predefs   GNU D_Version2 LittleEndian GNU_DWARF2_Exceptions GNU_StackGrowsDown GNU_InlineAsm D_LP64 D_PIC assert all X86_64 D_HardFloat Posix linux CRuntime_Glibc
-`;
-		auto vers = only(gdcVersionRe1, gdcVersionRe2, gdcVersionRe3)
-			.map!(re => matchFirst(probe, regex(re, "m")))
-			.filter!(c => c && c.length > 1)
-			.map!(c => c[1]);
-
-		assert(vers.equal([ "8.2.1", "8.2.1", "8.2.1" ]));
+		return result.status == 0 ? result.output : null;
 	}
 
 	BuildPlatform determinePlatform(ref BuildSettings settings, string compiler_binary, string arch_override)
@@ -97,8 +81,7 @@
 		return probePlatform(
 			compiler_binary,
 			arch_flags ~ ["-S", "-v"],
-			arch_override,
-			[ gdcVersionRe1, gdcVersionRe2, gdcVersionRe3 ]
+			arch_override
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
index 4522825..c263bea 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
 		assert(c && c.length > 1 && c[1] == "1.11.0");
 	}
 
+	string determineVersion(string compiler_binary, string verboseOutput)
+	{
+		import std.regex : matchFirst, regex;
+		auto ver = matchFirst(verboseOutput, regex(ldcVersionRe, "m"));
+		return ver && ver.length > 1 ? ver[1] : null;
+	}
+
 	BuildPlatform determinePlatform(ref BuildSettings settings, string compiler_binary, string arch_override)
 	{
 		string[] arch_flags;
@@ -83,8 +90,7 @@
 		return probePlatform(
 			compiler_binary,
 			arch_flags ~ ["-c", "-o-", "-v"],
-			arch_override,
-			[ ldcVersionRe ]
+			arch_override
 		);
 	}