diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b03a6e2..d7defb6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 FROM debian:jessie
 
-ADD git-tag /git-tag
-
 ADD scripts/build.sh /build.sh
 ADD scripts/run.sh /run.sh
 
diff --git a/git-tag b/git-tag
deleted file mode 100644
index 804a616..0000000
--- a/git-tag
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v1.8.0
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index a10d462..53463b1 100644
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ apt-get -y install ssmtp mailutils apcupsd
 
 git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git /netdata.git
 cd /netdata.git
-TAG=$(</git-tag)
-if [ ! -z "$TAG" ]; then
-	echo "Checking out tag: $TAG"
-	git checkout tags/$TAG
-else
-	echo "No tag, using master"
-fi
+git checkout 5000257f0171271cb3ee2cf0fe02e8a2154ddf2e
 
 # use the provided installer