diff --git a/src/app/components/require.config.js b/src/app/components/require.config.js
index 37b91735e35..2b554e8a04f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/require.config.js
+++ b/src/app/components/require.config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 require.config({
   baseUrl: 'app',
-  // urlArgs: 'r=@REV@',
+
   paths: {
     config:                   ['../config', '../config.sample'],
     settings:                 'components/settings',
diff --git a/tasks/build_task.js b/tasks/build_task.js
index afee147d16e..3a96c5bf985 100644
--- a/tasks/build_task.js
+++ b/tasks/build_task.js
@@ -11,40 +11,27 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     'htmlmin:build',
     'ngtemplates',
     'cssmin:build',
+    'build:grafanaVersion',
     'ngmin:build',
     'requirejs:build',
     'concat:js',
     'filerev',
     'usemin',
     'clean:temp',
-    'build:write_revision',
     'uglify:dest'
   ]);
 
-  // run a string replacement on the require config, using the latest revision number as the cache buster
-  grunt.registerTask('build:write_revision', function() {
-    grunt.event.once('git-describe', function (desc) {
 
-      grunt.config('string-replace.config', {
-        files: {
-          '<%= destDir %>/app/components/require.config.js': '<%= destDir %>/app/components/require.config.js',
-          '<%= destDir %>/app/app.js': '<%= destDir %>/app/app.js'
-        },
-        options: {
-          replacements: [
-            {
-              pattern: /@REV@/g,
-              replacement: desc.object
-            },
-            {
-              pattern: /@grafanaVersion@/g,
-              replacement: '<%= pkg.version %>'
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      });
-      grunt.task.run('string-replace:config');
+  grunt.registerTask('build:grafanaVersion', function() {
+    grunt.config('string-replace.config', {
+      files: {
+        '<%= tempDir %>/app/app.js': '<%= tempDir %>/app/app.js'
+      },
+      options: {
+        replacements: [{ pattern: /@grafanaVersion@/g,  replacement: '<%= pkg.version %>' }]
+      }
     });
-    grunt.task.run('git-describe');
+    grunt.task.run('string-replace:config');
   });
+
 };