diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 5a5f985a69a72..ac8c01b6f00a8 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -40,12 +40,10 @@ deployment:
     tag: /[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)+-palantir[0-9]+/
     commands:
       - ./build/sbt -Phadoop-2.7 -Pmesos -Pkinesis-asl -Pyarn -Phive-thriftserver -Phive publish
-      - ./dev/make-distribution.sh --name hadoop2.7 --tgz "-Phadoop2.7 -Psparkr -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn -Pmesos" \
-          2>&1 > binary-release-hadoop2.7.log
+      - ./dev/make-distribution.sh --name hadoop2.7 --tgz "-Phadoop2.7 -Psparkr -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn -Pmesos" 2>&1 > binary-release-hadoop2.7.log
       - curl -u $BINTRAY_USERNAME:$BINTRAY_PASSWORD -T "spark-$(git describe --tags)-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz" "https://api.bintray.com/content/palantir/releases/spark/$(git describe --tags)/org/apache/spark/dist/spark-$(git describe --tags)-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz"
       - ./build/sbt -Phadoop-2.7 -Pmesos -Pkinesis-asl -Pyarn -Phive-thriftserver -Phive clean
-      - ./dev/make-distribution.sh --name without-hadoop --tgz "-Psparkr -Phadoop-provided -Pyarn -Pmesos" \
-          2>&1 > binary-release-without-hadoop.log
+      - ./dev/make-distribution.sh --name without-hadoop --tgz "-Psparkr -Phadoop-provided -Pyarn -Pmesos" 2>&1 > binary-release-without-hadoop.log
       - curl -u $BINTRAY_USERNAME:$BINTRAY_PASSWORD -T "spark-$(git describe --tags)-bin-without-hadoop.tgz" "https://api.bintray.com/content/palantir/releases/spark/$(git describe --tags)/org/apache/spark/dist/spark-$(git describe --tags)-bin-without-hadoop.tgz"
       - curl -u $BINTRAY_USERNAME:$BINTRAY_PASSWORD -X POST https://api.bintray.com/content/palantir/releases/spark/$(git describe --tags)/publish
   snapshot:
diff --git a/dev/make-distribution.sh b/dev/make-distribution.sh
index 9be4fdfa51c93..91c093142f47c 100755
--- a/dev/make-distribution.sh
+++ b/dev/make-distribution.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if [ ! "$(command -v "$MVN")" ] ; then
     exit -1;
 fi
 
-VERSION=$("$MVN" help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version $@ 2>/dev/null | grep -v "INFO" | tail -n 1)
+VERSION=$(git describe --tags)
 SCALA_VERSION=$("$MVN" help:evaluate -Dexpression=scala.binary.version $@ 2>/dev/null\
     | grep -v "INFO"\
     | tail -n 1)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export MAVEN_OPTS="${MAVEN_OPTS:--Xmx2g -XX:MaxPermSize=512M -XX:ReservedCodeCac
 # Store the command as an array because $MVN variable might have spaces in it.
 # Normal quoting tricks don't work.
 # See: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/050
-BUILD_COMMAND=("$MVN" -T 1C clean package -DskipTests $@)
+BUILD_COMMAND=("$MVN" -T 1C package -DskipTests $@)
 
 # Actually build the jar
 echo -e "\nBuilding with..."