diff --git a/conda-recipe/build_pylib.sh b/conda-recipe/build_pylib.sh
index b2a2fb05f..18b0615ab 100755
--- a/conda-recipe/build_pylib.sh
+++ b/conda-recipe/build_pylib.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,4 @@ cd python
 # copy VERSION into slsdet for installation
 cp ../VERSION slsdet/VERSION
 
-# to be used to get project version in meta.yaml
-export SLS_DET_VERSION=$(cat python/slsdet/VERSION)
-
 ${PYTHON} setup.py install 
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index ca770779d..076e37ebc 100755
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-
-{% set version = environ.get('SLS_DET_VERSION', '0.0.0') %}
-
-
 package:
   name: sls_detector_software
-  version: "{{ version }}"
+  version: {{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '') }}
 
 
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