diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-git-installers.yml b/.github/workflows/build-git-installers.yml
index f54145aa5b300e..09c846a6301ee1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-git-installers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-git-installers.yml
@@ -2,51 +2,8 @@ name: build-git-installers
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v[0-9]*vfs*' # matches "v<number><any characters>vfs<any characters>"
 
 jobs:
-  # Check prerequisites for the workflow
-  prereqs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: release
-    outputs:
-      tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}           # The full name of the tag, e.g. v2.32.0.vfs.0.0
-      tag_version: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.version }}     # The version number (without preceding "v"), e.g. 2.32.0.vfs.0.0
-    steps:
-      - name: Validate tag
-        run: |
-          echo "$GITHUB_REF" |
-          grep '^refs/tags/v2\.\(0\|[1-9][0-9]*\)\.\(0\|[1-9][0-9]*\)\.vfs\.0\.\(0\|[1-9][0-9]*\)$' || {
-            echo "::error::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/} is not of the form v2.<X>.<Y>.vfs.0.<W>" >&2
-            exit 1
-          }
-      - name: Determine tag to build
-        run: |
-          echo "name=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        id: tag
-      - name: Clone git
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Validate the tag identified with trigger
-        run: |
-          die () {
-            echo "::error::$*" >&2
-            exit 1
-          }
-
-          # `actions/checkout` only downloads the peeled tag (i.e. the commit)
-          git fetch origin +$GITHUB_REF:$GITHUB_REF
-
-          # Verify that the tag is annotated
-          test $(git cat-file -t "$GITHUB_REF") == "tag" || die "Tag ${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }} is not annotated"
-
-          # Verify tag follows rules in GIT-VERSION-GEN (i.e., matches the specified "DEF_VER" in
-          # GIT-VERSION-FILE) and matches tag determined from trigger
-          make GIT-VERSION-FILE
-          test "${{ steps.tag.outputs.version }}" == "$(sed -n 's/^GIT_VERSION = //p'< GIT-VERSION-FILE)" || die "GIT-VERSION-FILE tag does not match ${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}"
-  # End check prerequisites for the workflow
-
   # Build and sign Mac OSX installers & upload artifacts
   create-macos-artifacts:
     strategy:
@@ -55,9 +12,8 @@ jobs:
           - name: arm64
             runner: macos-latest-xl-arm64
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch.runner }}
-    needs: prereqs
     env:
-      VERSION: "${{ needs.prereqs.outputs.tag_version }}"
+      VERSION: "2.42.0.vfs.0.0-universal"
     environment: release
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
@@ -141,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           set -ex
 
           # Write to "version" file to force match with trigger payload version
-          echo "${{ needs.prereqs.outputs.tag_version }}" >>git/version
+          echo "2.42.0.vfs.0.0-universal" >>git/version
 
           # Configure universal build
           cat >git/config.mak <<EOF
@@ -265,6 +221,6 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           "${{ matrix.component.command }}" --version | sed 's/git version //' >actual
-          echo ${{ needs.prereqs.outputs.tag_version }} >expect
+          echo 2.42.0.vfs.0.0-universal >expect
           cmp expect actual || exit 1
   # End validate installers