diff --git a/pungi-build.conf.j2 b/pungi-build.conf.j2
index d077492..df410c5 100644
--- a/pungi-build.conf.j2
+++ b/pungi-build.conf.j2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ treeinfo_version = "{{ distribution_major_version }}"
 comps_file = {
     "scm": "git",
     "repo": "https://git.almalinux.org/almalinux/pungi-almalinux.git",
-    "branch": "a{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}{{ '-beta' if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else '' }}",
+    "branch": "a{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}{{ beta_suffix if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else '' }}",
     "file": "{{ arch }}/comps.xml",
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module_defaults_dir =  'koji/module_defaults'
 variants_file = {
     "scm": "git",
     "repo": "https://git.almalinux.org/almalinux/pungi-almalinux.git",
-    "branch": "a{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}{{ '-beta' if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else '' }}",
+    "branch": "a{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}{{ beta_suffix if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else '' }}",
     "file": "{{ arch }}/variants.xml",
 }
 hashed_directories = False
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ filter_system_release_packages = False
 gather_prepopulate = {
     "scm": "git",
     "repo": "https://git.almalinux.org/almalinux/pungi-almalinux.git",
-    "branch": "a{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}{{ '-beta' if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else '' }}",
+    "branch": "a{{ distribution_major_version }}.{{ distribution_minor_version }}{{ beta_suffix if beta_suffix is defined and beta_suffix else '' }}",
     "file": "{{ arch }}/packages.json",
 }