diff --git a/build/docker/Dockerfile.monolith b/build/docker/Dockerfile.monolith
index 0745f696e..3180e9626 100644
--- a/build/docker/Dockerfile.monolith
+++ b/build/docker/Dockerfile.monolith
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ WORKDIR /build
 COPY . /build
 
 RUN mkdir -p bin
-RUN go build -ldflags="-X 'routing.CommitHash=`git rev-list -1 HEAD`'" -trimpath -o bin/ ./cmd/dendrite-monolith-server
+RUN go build -trimpath -o bin/ ./cmd/dendrite-monolith-server
 RUN go build -trimpath -o bin/ ./cmd/create-account
 RUN go build -trimpath -o bin/ ./cmd/generate-keys
 
diff --git a/clientapi/routing/routing.go b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
index fa4793417..81e16b1bc 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-// Added in build script Cokerfile.monolith
-var CommitHash string
-
 // Setup registers HTTP handlers with the given ServeMux. It also supplies the given http.Client
 // to clients which need to make outbound HTTP requests.
 //
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ func Setup(
 				JSON: struct {
 					Versions         []string        `json:"versions"`
 					UnstableFeatures map[string]bool `json:"unstable_features"`
-					CommitHash       string          `json:"commit_hash"`
+					BuildVersion     string          `json:"build_version"`
 				}{Versions: []string{
 					"r0.0.1",
 					"r0.1.0",
@@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ func Setup(
 					"v1.0",
 					"v1.1",
 					"v1.2",
-				}, UnstableFeatures: unstableFeatures, CommitHash: CommitHash},
+				}, UnstableFeatures: unstableFeatures, BuildVersion: "TODO"},
 			}
 		}),
 	).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodOptions)