diff --git a/platform/unix_common.mk b/platform/unix_common.mk
index 3ce3d97e0..30c56a1ed 100644
--- a/platform/unix_common.mk
+++ b/platform/unix_common.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ GO_MINOR_VERSION = $(shell command -v go >/dev/null && go version | cut -c 14- |
 BUILD_GOVERSION="$(shell command -v go >/dev/null && go version | cut -d " " -f3 | sed -E 's/[go]+//g')"
 
 #Current versioning information from env
-BUILD_VERSION?="$(shell git describe --tags $$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))"
+BUILD_VERSION?="$(shell git describe --tags)"
 BUILD_CODENAME="alphaga"
 BUILD_TIMESTAMP=$(shell date +%F"_"%T)
 BUILD_TAG?="$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)"