diff --git a/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos6-distro-name.bash b/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos6-distro-name.bash
index 633b7e84d..35971026a 100644
--- a/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos6-distro-name.bash
+++ b/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos6-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=centos
-export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-GenericCloud-20141129_01}
+export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-GenericCloud}