diff --git a/ci/version.sc b/ci/version.sc
deleted file mode 100644
index c6a44202b7..0000000000
--- a/ci/version.sc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-val isMasterCommit = {
-  sys.env.get("TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST").contains("false") &&
-    (sys.env.get("TRAVIS_BRANCH").contains("master") || sys.env("TRAVIS_TAG") != "")
-}
-
-def gitHead =
-  sys.env.get("TRAVIS_COMMIT").getOrElse(
-    os.proc("git", "rev-parse", "HEAD").call().out.string.trim()
-  )
-
-
-
-def publishVersion = {
-  val tag =
-    try Option(
-      os.proc("git", "describe", "--exact-match", "--tags", "--always", gitHead).call().out.string.trim()
-    )
-    catch{case e => None}
-
-  val dirtySuffix = os.proc("git", "diff").call().out.string.trim() match{
-    case "" => ""
-    case s => "-DIRTY" + Integer.toHexString(s.hashCode)
-  }
-
-  tag match{
-    case Some(t) => (t, t)
-    case None =>
-      val latestTaggedVersion = os.proc("git", "describe", "--abbrev=0", "--always", "--tags").call().out.trim
-
-      val commitsSinceLastTag =
-        os.proc("git", "rev-list", gitHead, "--not", latestTaggedVersion, "--count").call().out.trim.toInt
-
-      (latestTaggedVersion, s"$latestTaggedVersion-$commitsSinceLastTag-${gitHead.take(6)}$dirtySuffix")
-  }
-}
diff --git a/docs/build.sc b/docs/build.sc
index 5abaf03e73..c5b2f6d971 100644
--- a/docs/build.sc
+++ b/docs/build.sc
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ import $ivy.{`org.pegdown:pegdown:1.6.0`, `com.lihaoyi::scalatags:0.9.4`}
 import $file.pageStyles, pageStyles._
 import $file.pages, pages._
 import scalatags.Text.all._
-import $file.^.ci.version
 import collection.JavaConverters._
 import org.pegdown.{PegDownProcessor, ToHtmlSerializer, LinkRenderer, Extensions}
 import org.pegdown.ast.{VerbatimNode, ExpImageNode, HeaderNode, TextNode, SimpleNode, TableNode}
 
-val (releaseTag, label) = version.publishVersion
+val releaseTag = os
+  .proc(
+    "git",
+    "describe",
+    "--tags",
+    os.proc("git", "rev-list", "--tags", "--max-count=1").call().out.trim()
+  )
+  .call().out.trim()
 
 val postsFolder = os.pwd/'pages