diff --git a/cesetup/zip-win32.bat b/cesetup/zip-win32.bat
index 704b1f80..e5f190eb 100644
--- a/cesetup/zip-win32.bat
+++ b/cesetup/zip-win32.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set /p ver=<version.txt
-set ver=%ver:_=%
+set ver=%ver:~1%
 cd win32
 :: assuming 7zip binary folder is somewhere in PATH
 7z a -tzip -mx9^