diff --git a/sc2/build/win32_install/uqm-installer.nsi b/sc2/build/win32_install/uqm-installer.nsi
index 4aeae54d0..34069c69d 100644
--- a/sc2/build/win32_install/uqm-installer.nsi
+++ b/sc2/build/win32_install/uqm-installer.nsi
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Var UQMUSERDATA
 
 ; The INSTALLER_VERSION is a suffix to the version number for installer patches or to mark
 ; alpha/beta/release candidate status. In normal releases it is the empty string.
-!define INSTALLER_VERSION "b"
+!define INSTALLER_VERSION ""
 
 ; UQM Package definitions
 !include "packages.nsh"
diff --git a/sc2/src/uqmversion.h b/sc2/src/uqmversion.h
index ed9335dec..11b715688 100644
--- a/sc2/src/uqmversion.h
+++ b/sc2/src/uqmversion.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define UQM_MINOR_VERSION_S  "8"
 #define UQM_PATCH_VERSION     0
 #define UQM_PATCH_VERSION_S  "0"
-#define UQM_EXTRA_VERSION    "b"
+#define UQM_EXTRA_VERSION    ""
 /* The final version is interpreted as:
  * printf ("%d.%d.%d%s", UQM_MAJOR_VERSION, UQM_MINOR_VERSION,
  * 		UQM_PATCH_VERSION, UQM_EXTRA_VERSION);