diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 8a31b914..6c33a363 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 PLATFORM=$(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 
 ifndef VERSION
-	ifndef RELEASE
-	# If we're not publishing a release, set the dev commit hash
-		ifndef DEV_TAG_SHA
-			COMMIT_HASH :=$(shell git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
-		else
-			COMMIT_HASH :=$(shell echo ${DEV_TAG_SHA} | cut -c 1-7)
-		endif
-		VERSION := dev-${COMMIT_HASH}
-	else
-		VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
-	endif
+	VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
 endif
 
 .PHONY: run build build-server docker release check test