diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend
index 7e90ab3..c1dda48 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 VERSION = "${@'-'.join(d.getVar('VERSION_ID').split('-')[0:2])}"
 
-BUILD_ID := "${@run_git(d, 'describe --abbrev=0')}"
 OPENBMC_TARGET_MACHINE = "${MACHINE}"
 
 OS_RELEASE_FIELDS:append = " BUILD_ID OPENBMC_TARGET_MACHINE EXTENDED_VERSION"