diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-images-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/container-images-cd.yml
index 8b1312bf948a0..f608b36d11d7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-images-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-images-cd.yml
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ jobs:
               with:
                   fetch-depth: 2
 
-            - name: Override git.py
-              run: >
-                  echo "def get_git_commit(): return '${GITHUB_SHA}'" > posthog/git.py
-                  echo "def get_git_branch(): return '${GITHUB_REF_NAME}'" >> posthog/git.py
-
             - name: Set up Docker Buildx
               uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
diff --git a/posthog/git.py b/posthog/git.py
index c6fb03badf8ee..1655a491965e4 100644
--- a/posthog/git.py
+++ b/posthog/git.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import subprocess
 from typing import Optional
 
-# In production images, the two functions below are overwritten by container-images-cd.yml
+_git_commit_baked_in: Optional[str] = None
+try:
+    # Docker containers should have a commit.txt file in the base directory with the git
+    # commit hash used to generate them.
+    with open("commit.txt") as f:
+        _git_commit_baked_in = f.read()
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    pass
 
 
 def get_git_commit() -> Optional[str]:
@@ -9,6 +16,8 @@ def get_git_commit() -> Optional[str]:
 
     Example: get_git_commit() => "4ff54c8d"
     """
+    if _git_commit_baked_in:
+        return _git_commit_baked_in
     try:
         return subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
     except Exception:
diff --git a/posthog/settings/sentry.py b/posthog/settings/sentry.py
index 2b5d49fc36212..bc60e13646706 100644
--- a/posthog/settings/sentry.py
+++ b/posthog/settings/sentry.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.redis import RedisIntegration
+from posthog.git import get_git_commit
 
 from posthog.settings import get_from_env
 from posthog.settings.base_variables import TEST
@@ -143,15 +144,7 @@ def sentry_init() -> None:
         sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(level=sentry_logging_level, event_level=None)
         profiles_sample_rate = get_from_env("SENTRY_PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE", type_cast=float, default=0.0)
 
-        release = None
-        try:
-            # Docker containers should have a commit.txt file in the base directory with the git
-            # commit hash used to generate them.
-            with open("commit.txt") as f:
-                release = f.read()
-        except:
-            # The release isn't required, it's just nice to have.
-            pass
+        release = get_git_commit()
 
         sentry_sdk.init(
             send_default_pii=send_pii,