diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-winget.yml b/.github/workflows/release-winget.yml
index a7dc62fe23b2b1..5996e1c873ffbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-winget.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-winget.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ jobs:
           $PSNativeCommandErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
           if ($env:TAG_NAME -eq "") {
-            $env:TAG_NAME =  $github.release.tag_name
-
             # Get latest release
             $github = Get-Content '${{ github.event_path }}' | ConvertFrom-Json
 
+            # Set the tag name environment variable
+            $env:TAG_NAME =  $github.release.tag_name
+
             # Get download URLs
             $asset_x64 = $github.release.assets | Where-Object -Property name -match '64-bit.exe$'
             $asset_arm64 = $github.release.assets | Where-Object -Property name -match 'arm64.exe$'
@@ -71,12 +72,6 @@ jobs:
                  "$($asset_arm64_url)|arm64|machine" `
                  "$($asset_arm64_url)|arm64|user"
 
-          # Manually substitute the name of the default branch in the License
-          # and Copyright URLs since the tooling cannot do that for us.
-          $shortenedVersion = $version -replace ".{4}$"
-          $manifestPath = dir -Path ./manifests -Filter Microsoft.Git.locale.en-US.yaml -Recurse | %{$_.FullName}
-          sed -i "s/vfs-[.0-9]*/vfs-$shortenedVersion/g" "$manifestPath"
-
           # Download the token from Azure Key Vault and mask it in the logs
           az keyvault secret download --name ${{ secrets.WINGET_TOKEN_SECRET_NAME }} --vault-name ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT }} --file token.txt
           Write-Host -NoNewLine "::add-mask::$(Get-Content token.txt)"