diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 01372da..087c40d 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Generated by mksrcinfo v8
-# Tue Jun  6 21:30:04 UTC 2017
+# Tue Jun  6 21:41:31 UTC 2017
 pkgbase = motion-git
 	pkgdesc = A software motion detector which grabs images from video4linux devices and/or from webcams
-	pkgver = release.4.0.r178.ga801f19
+	pkgver = 4.0.r178.ga801f19
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://motion-project.github.io/
 	arch = i686
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 39a0cae..4121042 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=motion-git
 _pkgname=motion
-pkgver=release.4.0.r178.ga801f19
+pkgver=4.0.r178.ga801f19
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A software motion detector which grabs images from video4linux devices and/or from webcams"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ md5sums=('SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
   cd "${_pkgname}"
-  git describe --long --tags | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
+  # cutting off 'release-' prefix that presents in the git tag
+  git describe --long --tags | sed 's/^release-//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
 }
 
 build() {