diff --git a/pungi-build.conf.j2 b/pungi-build.conf.j2
index 077adcf..bbff98c 100644
--- a/pungi-build.conf.j2
+++ b/pungi-build.conf.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{% set branch = "a{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}{{ beta_suffix if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else '' }}" %}
-{% set full_version = "{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}" %}
+{% set full_version = distribution_major_version + "." + distribution_minor_version %}
+{% set branch = "a" + full_version + beta_suffix if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else "" %}
 
 from include_exclude import *
 from multilib import *