diff --git a/ssh-pageant/PKGBUILD b/ssh-pageant/PKGBUILD
index c1b63e12..b8819dc4 100644
--- a/ssh-pageant/PKGBUILD
+++ b/ssh-pageant/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 _realname=ssh-pageant
 pkgname="${_realname}"
-pkgver=v1.4.r15.gc804ba4
+pkgver=1.4.r15.gc804ba4
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="An SSH authentication agent for Cygwin/MSYS to PuTTY's Pageant"
 _commit="c804ba43bfd63bc058b7ab86a96953572511e263"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP')
 pkgver() {
   cd "$srcdir/$_realname"
 
-  git describe --long --abbrev=7 | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
+  git describe --long --abbrev=7 | sed 's/^v//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
 }
 
 build() {