diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 117cf8a7d..8309cadc6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -159,12 +159,6 @@ allprojects {
 	ext.sharedManifest = manifest {
 		attributes('Implementation-Version': version,
 				   'Implementation-GitRevision': ext.gitCommit,
-				   // According to OSGi core 5.0 section 3.2.5 the qualifier (the fourth
-				   // version element) must begin with a dot. So we replace only the
-				   // first occurence of an dash with a dot.
-				   // For example 4.0.0-rc1 becomes 4.0.0.rc1, but
-				   // 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT-2014-05-01 becomes 4.0.0.SNAPSHOT-2014-05-01
-				   'Bundle-Version': version.replaceFirst("-", "."),
 				   'Built-Date': ext.builtDate,
 				   'Built-JDK': System.getProperty('java.version'),
 				   'Built-Gradle': gradle.gradleVersion,