diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8196fc653..f1f06e676 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,7 @@
 
 # Put installed packages into ./bin
 export GOBIN=$PWD/`dirname $0`/bin
-
-if [ -d ".git" ] 
-then
-    export BUILD=`git rev-parse --short HEAD || ""`
-    export BRANCH=`(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD | tr -d \/ ) || ""`
-    if [ "$BRANCH" = master ]
-    then
-        export BRANCH=""
-    fi
-
-    export FLAGS="-X github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal.branch=$BRANCH -X github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal.build=$BUILD"
-else
-    export FLAGS=""
-fi
-
-mkdir -p bin
+export FLAGS=""
 
 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -trimpath -ldflags "$FLAGS" -v -o "bin/" ./cmd/...