diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f750358a0..fca774eb77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
     <!--  The first digit is from Alice 3, followed by SemVer identifier: major.minor.patch  -->
     <alice.build.version>3.8.0.0</alice.build.version>
-    <alice.build.prerelease>-rc.1</alice.build.prerelease>
+    <alice.build.prerelease></alice.build.prerelease>
     <!--  The build system will replace local with a build #  -->
     <alice.build.metadata>+build.local</alice.build.metadata>