diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index b667703db..17252a91d 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -9,20 +9,10 @@ node('build-slave') {
          ansiColor('xterm') {
             stage('Checkout') {
                 cleanWs()
-                if(params.github_release_tag == ""){
-                    checkout scm
-                    commit_hash = sh(script: 'git rev-parse --short HEAD', returnStdout: true).trim()
-                    branch_name = sh(script: 'git name-rev --name-only HEAD | rev | cut -d "/" -f1| rev', returnStdout: true).trim()
-                    build_tag = branch_name + "_" + commit_hash + "_" + env.BUILD_NUMBER
-                    println(ANSI_BOLD + ANSI_YELLOW + "Tag not specified, using the latest commit hash: " + commit_hash + ANSI_NORMAL)
-                }
-                else {
-                    def scmVars = checkout scm
-                    checkout scm: [$class: 'GitSCM', branches: [[name: "refs/tags/$params.github_release_tag"]],  userRemoteConfigs: [[url: scmVars.GIT_URL]]]
-                    build_tag = params.github_release_tag + "_" + env.BUILD_NUMBER
-                    println(ANSI_BOLD + ANSI_YELLOW + "Tag specified, building from tag: " + params.github_release_tag + ANSI_NORMAL)
-                }
-                echo "build_tag: "+ build_tag
+                checkout scm
+                commit_hash = sh(script: 'git rev-parse --short HEAD', returnStdout: true).trim()
+                artifact_version = sh(script: "echo " + params.github_release_tag.split('/')[-1] + "_" + commit_hash + "_" + env.BUILD_NUMBER, returnStdout: true).trim()
+                echo "artifact_version: "+ artifact_version
             }
         }