diff --git a/docs/idf_extensions/gen_version_specific_includes.py b/docs/idf_extensions/gen_version_specific_includes.py
index ba290a01a6..0707d8344e 100755
--- a/docs/idf_extensions/gen_version_specific_includes.py
+++ b/docs/idf_extensions/gen_version_specific_includes.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def get_version():
     """
     # Use git to look for a tag
     try:
-        tag = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--tags", "--exact-match"]).strip().decode('utf-8')
+        tag = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--exact-match"]).strip().decode('utf-8')
         is_stable = re.match(r"v[0-9\.]+$", tag) is not None
         return (tag, "tag", is_stable)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
diff --git a/make/project.mk b/make/project.mk
index bd40e64aa6..19e848e688 100644
--- a/make/project.mk
+++ b/make/project.mk
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ endif
 
 # If we have `version.txt` then prefer that for extracting IDF version
 ifeq ("$(wildcard ${IDF_PATH}/version.txt)","")
-IDF_VER_T := $(shell cd ${IDF_PATH} && git describe --always --tags --dirty)
+IDF_VER_T := $(shell cd ${IDF_PATH} && git describe --always --dirty)
 else
 IDF_VER_T := $(shell cat ${IDF_PATH}/version.txt)
 endif
diff --git a/tools/idf_tools.py b/tools/idf_tools.py
index 3525d29be4..e430472b8b 100755
--- a/tools/idf_tools.py
+++ b/tools/idf_tools.py
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ def get_python_env_path():
             idf_version_str = version_file.read()
     else:
         try:
-            idf_version_str = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--tags'],
+            idf_version_str = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe'],
                                                       cwd=global_idf_path, env=os.environ).decode()
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             warn('Git describe was unsuccessul: {}'.format(e))