diff --git a/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake b/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake
index e06b74afb00..5bbf4568849 100644
--- a/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake
+++ b/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2018")
 
 # KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_TYPE is "dev" for Git builds
 # or "RC1", "RC2", "" for releases.
-set(KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_TYPE "RC")
+set(KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_TYPE "")
 
 set(KERNEL_VERSION "${KERNEL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KERNEL_VERSION_MINOR}.${KERNEL_VERSION_PATCH_LEVEL}")
 if(NOT KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "")