diff --git a/build/git.js b/build/git.js
index 3eb617f3..9c2855a2 100644
--- a/build/git.js
+++ b/build/git.js
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const exec = require("child_process").execSync;
 
-const version = process.argv[2];
-
 const trailingNewlinesRE = /\n+$/;
 const trailingLinesRE = /\n([^\n]*)/g;
 
-exec(`git tag v${version}`);
-
 let tags = exec("git tag --sort=committerdate").toString().split("\n");
 tags.pop();
 tags = tags.slice(-2);
diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
index 932a1f97..f2752b76 100644
--- a/build/release.sh
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 node build/start.js $1
-node build/git.js $1
+node build/git.js
 sh build/npm.sh