diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 4b24711d0..b63cf78ee 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 old_NEWS_hash = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
 git-version-gen-tag-sed-script :=					\
-  's/^release_\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)-/v\1.\2\.\3-/g'
+  's/^release_\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)/v\1.\2\.\3/g'
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 35f4a6913..1cdb47178 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 AC_INIT([GNU Guile],
         m4_esyscmd([build-aux/git-version-gen					\
           .tarball-version							\
-          's/^release_\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)-/v\1.\2\.\3-/g']),
+          's/^release_\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)-\([0-9]\+\)/v\1.\2\.\3/g']),
         [bug-guile@gnu.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])