diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fc37c2fb..03e4eb85 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -109,19 +109,6 @@ tasks.withType(ProcessResources).configureEach {
     }
 }
 
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        register('mavenJava', MavenPublication) {
-            from components.java
-        }
-    }
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "file://${project.projectDir}/repo"
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
     options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 }
@@ -146,8 +133,11 @@ static def getBuildNumber() {
 }
 
 static def getStable() {
-    if ((System.getenv("GITHUB_REF") == null || System.getenv("GITHUB_REF").endsWith("-dev"))) {
+    def githubRef = System.getenv("GITHUB_REF")
+    if ((githubRef == null || githubRef.endsWith("-dev"))) {
         return "-dev"
+    } else if (githubRef.contains("-")) {
+        return githubRef.substring(githubRef.indexOf("-"))
     }
     return ""
 }