diff --git a/proto/PKGBUILD-vcs.proto b/proto/PKGBUILD-vcs.proto
index c89bb50b..0d802b73 100644
--- a/proto/PKGBUILD-vcs.proto
+++ b/proto/PKGBUILD-vcs.proto
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pkgver() {
 	printf "r%s" "$(bzr revno)"
 
 # Git, tags available
-	printf "%s" "$(git describe --tags --long | sed 's/\([^-]*-\)g/r\1/;s/-/./g')"
+	printf "%s" "$(git describe --tags --long | sed 's/\([^-]*-\)g/r\1/;s/-/./g;s/^v//')"
 
 # Git, no tags available
 	printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"