diff --git a/scripts/bip-release b/scripts/bip-release
index 1bea6c4..09a2e5b 100755
--- a/scripts/bip-release
+++ b/scripts/bip-release
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ echo "See ../$prefix.tar.gz"
 if [ -n "$release" ]
 then
 	echo '#define BIP_VERSION "'$release'-git"' > src/version.h
-	git tag release-$release
 	git commit -a -m "Add -git to version string."
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 1f01015..702c4af 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define BIP_VERSION "0.7.0-RC0"
+#define BIP_VERSION "0.7.0-RC0-git"