diff --git a/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts b/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts
index 86d44a789..3a8c1d366 100644
--- a/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts
+++ b/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts
@@ -201,11 +201,7 @@ export function buildFolder(): Promise<string> {
   });
 }
 export function getVersionNumber() {
-  let {version} = require('../package.json');
-  const buildNumber = process.argv.join(' ').match(/--version=(\d+)/);
-  if (buildNumber && buildNumber.length > 0) {
-    version = [...version.split('.').slice(0, 2), buildNumber[1]].join('.');
-  }
+  const {version} = require('../package.json');
   return version;
 }