diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index 71a0b1bb..6debf06a 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def test_server_export_remote():
 
             dep_commit = GitRepo(Repo("application-blueprint/std")).revision
             etag = server._make_etag(hex(int(last_commit, 16) 
-                                         ^ int(get_package_digest(True), 16)
+                                         ^ int(get_package_digest(), 16)
                                          ^ int(dep_commit, 16)))
             # # check that this public project (no auth header sent) was cached
             res = requests.get(
diff --git a/unfurl/server/serve.py b/unfurl/server/serve.py
index cbdc2e4b..2761eafc 100644
--- a/unfurl/server/serve.py
+++ b/unfurl/server/serve.py
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class CacheValue(NamedTuple):
     last_commit_date: int
 
     def make_etag(self) -> str:
-        etag = int(self.last_commit, 16) ^ int(get_package_digest(True) or "0", 16)
+        etag = int(self.last_commit, 16) ^ int(get_package_digest() or "0", 16)
         for dep in self.deps.values():
             for last_commit in dep.last_commits:
                 if last_commit:
diff --git a/unfurl/util.py b/unfurl/util.py
index efce2fbc..3c057538 100644
--- a/unfurl/util.py
+++ b/unfurl/util.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 _package_digest: Optional[str] = None
 
 
-def get_package_digest(commit_only=False) -> str:
+def get_package_digest() -> str:
     global _package_digest
     if _package_digest is not None:
         return _package_digest
@@ -82,11 +82,8 @@ def get_package_digest(commit_only=False) -> str:
     basedir = os.path.dirname(_basepath)
     if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(basedir, ".git")):
         repo = Repo(basedir)
-        if commit_only:
-            # same as pbr's git_version
-            _package_digest = repo.git.log(n=1, pretty="format:%h")
-        else:
-            _package_digest = repo.git.describe("--dirty", "--always", "--match=v*")
+        # same as pbr's git_version
+        _package_digest = repo.git.log(n=1, pretty="format:%h")
     else:
         _package_digest = ""
         pkg_files = files("unfurl")