diff --git a/.dev/deploy/app.sh b/.dev/deploy/app.sh
index 87d2f4142..c7fc0728b 100755
--- a/.dev/deploy/app.sh
+++ b/.dev/deploy/app.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ yecho () {
 # force script to error out at first error
 set -e
 
-CURRENT_TAG=$(git describe --exact-match --abbrev=0 --tags) | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
+CURRENT_TAG=$(git describe --exact-match --abbrev=0 --tags)
 
 PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe HEAD^1 --abbrev=0 --tags)
 GIT_HISTORY=$(git log --no-merges --format="- %s" "$PREVIOUS_TAG"..HEAD)
diff --git a/.dev/prepare/app.sh b/.dev/prepare/app.sh
index 6f1c7bb08..ac7a93e73 100755
--- a/.dev/prepare/app.sh
+++ b/.dev/prepare/app.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ -z "$TRAVIS_TAG" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-CURRENT_TAG=$(git describe --exact-match --abbrev=0 --tags) | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
+CURRENT_TAG=$(git describe --exact-match --abbrev=0 --tags)
 APP=$(echo "$CURRENT_TAG" | cut -d'/' -f1)
 DEST=$(echo "$CURRENT_TAG" | cut -d'/' -f2)
 CHANNEL=$(echo "$CURRENT_TAG" | cut -d'/' -f3)