diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index ac482b21ab..ce9b15375f 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ If the issue cannot be solved after the steps before, please follow these instru
 - Development Kit:      [ESP32-Wrover-Kit|ESP32-DevKitC|ESP32-PICO-Kit|ESP32-LyraT|ESP32-LyraTD-MSC|none]
 - Kit version (for WroverKit/PicoKit/DevKitC): [v1|v2|v3|v4]
 - Module or chip used:  [ESP32-WROOM-32|ESP32-WROOM-32D|ESP32-WROOM-32U|ESP32-WROVER|ESP32-WROVER-I|ESP32-WROVER-B|ESP32-WROVER-IB|ESP32-SOLO-1|ESP32-PICO-D4|ESP32]
-- IDF version (run ``git describe --tags`` to find it):
+- IDF version (run ``git describe`` to find it):
     // v3.2-dev-1148-g96cd3b75c
 - Build System:         [Make|CMake|idf.py]
 - Compiler version (run ``xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc --version`` to find it):
diff --git a/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py b/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py
index 08b111d651..6bd377c4b1 100755
--- a/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py
+++ b/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def get_version():
 
     # Otherwise, use git to look for a tag
     try:
-        tag = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--tags", "--exact-match"]).strip()
+        tag = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--exact-match"]).strip()
         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 914ecc048a..524e478847 100755
--- a/tools/idf_tools.py
+++ b/tools/idf_tools.py
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ 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))