diff --git a/dist/debian/build_deb.sh b/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
index 61e6715..0b8976b 100755
--- a/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
+++ b/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ fi
 VERSION=$(./SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN)
 SCYLLA_VERSION=$(cat build/SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE | sed 's/\.rc/~rc/')
 SCYLLA_RELEASE=$(cat build/SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE)
-if [ "$SCYLLA_VERSION" = "development" ]; then
-	SCYLLA_VERSION=0development
-fi
 echo $VERSION > version
 ./scripts/git-archive-all --extra version --force-submodules --prefix scylla-jmx ../scylla-jmx_$SCYLLA_VERSION-$SCYLLA_RELEASE.orig.tar.gz