diff --git a/.packit.yml b/.packit.yml
index 697defd3e7..37bf55a0cb 100644
--- a/.packit.yml
+++ b/.packit.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ srpm_build_deps: []
 
 actions:
   get-current-version:
-    # Show the closest matching tag for the checked out revision, otherwise
-    # Packit tries to get the latest tag by creation date, which doesn't work
-    # well in the systemd-stable repo. We also need to sanitize it manually
-    # since "upstream_tag_template" defined above doesn't apply here.
-    - "bash -ec 'git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | cut -b 2-'"
+    - cat meson.version
 
   post-upstream-clone:
     # Use the Fedora Rawhide specfile