diff --git a/.build.yml b/.build.yml
index 1e22572..698ed39 100644
--- a/.build.yml
+++ b/.build.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ sources:
 tasks:
     - test: |
           cd ntfy-alertmanager
-          go generate ./...
           go test -v ./...
     - lint: |
           cd ntfy-alertmanager
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b0be1e..6948ee2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 /ntfy-alertmanager
-version.txt
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile-dev b/docker/Dockerfile-dev
index fe5031e..5c340b2 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY . .
 RUN apk add --no-cache git
-RUN go generate ./... && go build -o /app/ntfy-alertmanager
+RUN go build -ldflags="-X main.version=$(git describe --long)" -o /app/ntfy-alertmanager
 
 
 FROM alpine:latest
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cd0500c..6958636 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 )
 
-//go:generate sh -c "git describe --long > version.txt"
-//go:embed version.txt
-var version string
+var version = "dev"
 
 type receiver struct {
 	cfg    *config