diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index f3865dad2..40ec79483 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   </div>
 <% end %>
 
-<% content_for :footer_version, CURRENT_RELEASE_SHA %>
+<% content_for :footer_version, ENV.fetch("SENTRY_RELEASE", "null")[0..18] %>
 
 <% content_for :body_end do %>
   <%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
diff --git a/config/initializers/current_release_sha.rb b/config/initializers/current_release_sha.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e68ebecc3..000000000
--- a/config/initializers/current_release_sha.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-if File.exist?(Rails.root.join("REVISION"))
-  revision = `cat #{Rails.root}/REVISION`.chomp
-  CURRENT_RELEASE_SHA = revision[0..10] # Just get the short SHA
-else
-  CURRENT_RELEASE_SHA = "development".freeze
-end