diff --git a/docs/en/versions.rst b/docs/en/versions.rst
index 69c955600e..cf4b8e2e6f 100644
--- a/docs/en/versions.rst
+++ b/docs/en/versions.rst
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Checking The Current Version
 The local ESP-IDF version can be checked using git::
 
   cd $IDF_PATH
-  git describe --tags --dirty
+  git describe --dirty
 
 The version is also compiled into the firmware and can be accessed (as a string) via the macro ``IDF_VER``. The default ESP-IDF bootloader will print the version on boot (these versions in code will not always update, it only changes if that particular source file is recompiled).
 
diff --git a/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py b/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py
index 08b111d651..6bd377c4b1 100755
--- a/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py
+++ b/docs/gen-version-specific-includes.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def get_version():
 
     # Otherwise, use git to look for a tag
     try:
-        tag = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--tags", "--exact-match"]).strip()
+        tag = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--exact-match"]).strip()
         is_stable = re.match(r"v[0-9\.]+$", tag) is not None
         return (tag, "tag", is_stable)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
diff --git a/docs/issue_template.md b/docs/issue_template.md
index 7bf65e7815..bce83a9693 100644
--- a/docs/issue_template.md
+++ b/docs/issue_template.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ If the issue cannot be solved after the steps before, please follow these instru
 - Development Kit:      [ESP32-Wrover-Kit|ESP32-DevKitC|ESP32-PICO-Kit|ESP32-LyraT|ESP32-LyraTD-MSC|none]
 - Kit version (for WroverKit/PicoKit/DevKitC): [v1|v2|v3|v4]
 - Module or chip used:  [ESP32-WROOM-32|ESP32-WROOM-32D|ESP32-WROOM-32U|ESP32-WROVER|ESP32-WROVER-I|ESP32-WROVER-B|ESP32-WROVER-IB|ESP32-SOLO-1|ESP32-PICO-D4|ESP32]
-- IDF version (run ``git describe --tags`` to find it): 
+- IDF version (run ``git describe`` to find it): 
     // v3.2-dev-1148-g96cd3b75c
 - Build System:         [Make|CMake]
 - Compiler version (run ``xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc --version`` to find it):
diff --git a/make/project.mk b/make/project.mk
index 9ae62138af..7c8de9a59b 100644
--- a/make/project.mk
+++ b/make/project.mk
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ endif
 
 # If we have `version.txt` then prefer that for extracting IDF version
 ifeq ("$(wildcard ${IDF_PATH}/version.txt)","")
-IDF_VER_T := $(shell cd ${IDF_PATH} && git describe --always --tags --dirty)
+IDF_VER_T := $(shell cd ${IDF_PATH} && git describe --always --dirty)
 else
 IDF_VER_T := `cat ${IDF_PATH}/version.txt`
 endif
diff --git a/tools/idf_tools.py b/tools/idf_tools.py
index 4ccb7a9d20..6341218f79 100755
--- a/tools/idf_tools.py
+++ b/tools/idf_tools.py
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ def get_python_env_path():
         with open(version_file_path, "r") as version_file:
             idf_version_str = version_file.read()
     else:
-        idf_version_str = subprocess.check_output(['git', '--work-tree=' + global_idf_path, 'describe', '--tags'], cwd=global_idf_path, env=os.environ).decode()
+        idf_version_str = subprocess.check_output(['git', '--work-tree=' + global_idf_path, 'describe'], cwd=global_idf_path, env=os.environ).decode()
     match = re.match(r'^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*', idf_version_str)
     idf_version = match.group(1)