diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/merge_tags.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/merge_tags.sh
index ec2a707e10..1c492dd89d 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/merge_tags.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/merge_tags.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ then
     git review -s
     git checkout master
     git reset --hard origin/master
-    git merge -s ours $TAG
+    git merge --no-edit -s ours $TAG
     # Get a Change-Id
     GIT_EDITOR=true git commit --amend
     git review -R -t merge/release-tag