diff --git a/freqtrade/__init__.py b/freqtrade/__init__.py
index 2747efc96..f8be8f66f 100644
--- a/freqtrade/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/__init__.py
@@ -1,27 +1,14 @@
 """ Freqtrade bot """
 __version__ = 'develop'
 
-if __version__ == 'develop':
-
+if 'dev' in __version__:
     try:
         import subprocess
 
-        __version__ = 'develop-' + subprocess.check_output(
+        __version__ = __version__ + '-' + subprocess.check_output(
             ['git', 'log', '--format="%h"', '-n 1'],
             stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).decode("utf-8").rstrip().strip('"')
 
-        # from datetime import datetime
-        # last_release = subprocess.check_output(
-        #     ['git', 'tag']
-        # ).decode('utf-8').split()[-1].split(".")
-        # # Releases are in the format "2020.1" - we increment the latest version for dev.
-        # prefix = f"{last_release[0]}.{int(last_release[1]) + 1}"
-        # dev_version = int(datetime.now().timestamp() // 1000)
-        # __version__ = f"{prefix}.dev{dev_version}"
-
-        #  subprocess.check_output(
-        #     ['git', 'log', '--format="%h"', '-n 1'],
-        #     stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).decode("utf-8").rstrip().strip('"')
     except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
         # git not available, ignore
         try: