diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 35b914cd0..c9c5ed5e9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 buildscript {
     ext {
         opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
-        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "beta1")
+        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
         opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'