diff --git a/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml b/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml
index e8287d26e..9bcc7719d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tagged_release.yml
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout source code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Get build variables
-        id: build_info
-        run: |
-          version=`grep -E '^#define EMSESP_APP_VERSION' ./src/version.h | awk -F'"' '{print $2}'`
-          echo "::set-output name=version::$version"
-          platform=`grep -E '^#define EMSESP_PLATFORM' ./src/version.h | awk -F'"' '{print $2}'`
-          echo "::set-output name=platform::$platform"
-
       - name: Compile locally
         run: make