diff --git a/components/gitpod-cli/BUILD.yaml b/components/gitpod-cli/BUILD.yaml
index cc564114fb46de..c569ce290ffd94 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-cli/BUILD.yaml
+++ b/components/gitpod-cli/BUILD.yaml
@@ -13,17 +13,13 @@ packages:
       - components/supervisor-api/go:lib
       - components/gitpod-protocol/go:lib
       - components/common-go:lib
-    argdeps:
-      - version
     config:
       packaging: app
     prep:
       - ["cp", "_deps/components-gitpod-cli--version/version.txt", "pkg/gitpod/version.txt"]
   - name: version
     type: generic
-    argdeps:
-      - version
     config:
       commands:
-        - ["sh", "-c", "echo '${version}' > version.txt"]
-        - ["echo", "Gitpod-CLI Version: ${version}"]
\ No newline at end of file
+        - ["sh", "-c", "echo '${__git_commit}' > version.txt"]
+        - ["echo", "Gitpod-CLI Version: ${__git_commit}"]