diff --git a/pkg/src/build.sh b/pkg/src/build.sh
index cb4c931bb..834092304 100755
--- a/pkg/src/build.sh
+++ b/pkg/src/build.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ DOC_TARBALL_NAME=$(echo "${APP_NAME}-${APP_LONG_VERSION}-docs" | sed 's/ //g' |
 # Get the github timestamp
 git log -1 --format='%H %as' > web/commit_hash
 
+pushd web > /dev/null || exit
+  # Set the git:hash to empty as we already set the commit_hash
+  # this helps in building pgAdmin directly from tar ball without needing git.
+  npm pkg set "scripts.git:hash=exit 0"
+popd > /dev/null || exit
+
 # Output basic details to show we're working
 echo "Building tarballs for ${APP_NAME} version ${APP_LONG_VERSION}..."