diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c1b7facbd..b4c31017c 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -81,17 +81,10 @@ val scalacOpts = Seq(
 // Customise sbt-dynver's behaviour to make it work with tags which aren't v-prefixed
 ThisBuild / dynverVTagPrefix := false
 
-// We are publishing snapshots to Sonatype
-ThisBuild / dynverSonatypeSnapshots := true
-
 // Sanity-check: assert that version comes from a tag (e.g. not a too-shallow clone)
 // https://github.com/dwijnand/sbt-dynver/#sanity-checking-the-version
 Global / onLoad := (Global / onLoad).value.andThen { s =>
-  val v = version.value
-  if (dynverGitDescribeOutput.value.hasNoTags)
-    throw new MessageOnlyException(
-      s"Failed to derive version from git tags. Maybe run `git fetch --unshallow`? Version: $v"
-    )
+  dynverAssertTagVersion.value
   s
 }