diff --git a/cmd/golangBuild.go b/cmd/golangBuild.go
index cf2edc7e2..576f6d155 100644
--- a/cmd/golangBuild.go
+++ b/cmd/golangBuild.go
@@ -346,13 +346,7 @@ func runGolangBuildPerArchitecture(config *golangBuildOptions, utils golangBuild
 		if goos == "windows" {
 			fileExtension = ".exe"
 		}
-
-		if len(config.ArtifactVersion) == 0 {
-			binaryName = fmt.Sprintf("%v.%v-%v%v", config.Output, goos, goarch, fileExtension)
-		} else {
-			binaryName = fmt.Sprintf("%v-%v.%v-%v%v", config.Output, config.ArtifactVersion, goos, goarch, fileExtension)
-		}
-
+		binaryName = fmt.Sprintf("%v-%v.%v%v", config.Output, goos, goarch, fileExtension)
 		buildOptions = append(buildOptions, "-o", binaryName)
 	}
 	buildOptions = append(buildOptions, config.BuildFlags...)
diff --git a/cmd/golangBuild_generated.go b/cmd/golangBuild_generated.go
index 2d16fb1ae..3992813d3 100644
--- a/cmd/golangBuild_generated.go
+++ b/cmd/golangBuild_generated.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ type golangBuildOptions struct {
 	TestResultFormat             string   `json:"testResultFormat,omitempty" validate:"possible-values=junit standard"`
 	PrivateModules               string   `json:"privateModules,omitempty"`
 	PrivateModulesGitToken       string   `json:"privateModulesGitToken,omitempty"`
-	ArtifactVersion              string   `json:"artifactVersion,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // GolangBuildCommand This step will execute a golang build.
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ func addGolangBuildFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, stepConfig *golangBuildOptions) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.TestResultFormat, "testResultFormat", `junit`, "Defines the output format of the test results.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.PrivateModules, "privateModules", os.Getenv("PIPER_privateModules"), "Tells go which modules shall be considered to be private (by setting [GOPRIVATE](https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Configuration_for_downloading_non_public_code)).")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.PrivateModulesGitToken, "privateModulesGitToken", os.Getenv("PIPER_privateModulesGitToken"), "GitHub personal access token as per https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line.")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.ArtifactVersion, "artifactVersion", os.Getenv("PIPER_artifactVersion"), "Version of the artifact to be built.")
 
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("targetArchitectures")
 }
@@ -392,20 +390,6 @@ func golangBuildMetadata() config.StepData {
 						Aliases:   []config.Alias{},
 						Default:   os.Getenv("PIPER_privateModulesGitToken"),
 					},
-					{
-						Name: "artifactVersion",
-						ResourceRef: []config.ResourceReference{
-							{
-								Name:  "commonPipelineEnvironment",
-								Param: "artifactVersion",
-							},
-						},
-						Scope:     []string{"GENERAL", "PARAMETERS", "STAGES", "STEPS"},
-						Type:      "string",
-						Mandatory: false,
-						Aliases:   []config.Alias{},
-						Default:   os.Getenv("PIPER_artifactVersion"),
-					},
 				},
 			},
 			Containers: []config.Container{
diff --git a/cmd/golangBuild_test.go b/cmd/golangBuild_test.go
index b9c44bb4f..8e53ec0b4 100644
--- a/cmd/golangBuild_test.go
+++ b/cmd/golangBuild_test.go
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ func TestRunGolangBuild(t *testing.T) {
 		err := runGolangBuild(&config, &telemetryData, utils)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, "go", utils.ExecMockRunner.Calls[0].Exec)
-		assert.Equal(t, []string{"build", "-o", "testBin.linux-amd64"}, utils.ExecMockRunner.Calls[0].Params)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"build", "-o", "testBin-linux.amd64"}, utils.ExecMockRunner.Calls[0].Params)
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(utils.fileUploads))
-		assert.Equal(t, "https://my.target.repository.local/testBin.linux-amd64", utils.fileUploads["testBin.linux-amd64"])
+		assert.Equal(t, "https://my.target.repository.local/testBin-linux.amd64", utils.fileUploads["testBin-linux.amd64"])
 	})
 
 	t.Run("failure - install pre-requisites", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -494,11 +494,11 @@ func TestRunGolangBuildPerArchitecture(t *testing.T) {
 		binaryName, err := runGolangBuildPerArchitecture(&config, utils, ldflags, architecture)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "-o")
-		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "testBin.linux-amd64")
+		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "testBin-linux.amd64")
 		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "./test/..")
 		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "-ldflags")
 		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "-X test=test")
-		assert.Equal(t, "testBin.linux-amd64", binaryName)
+		assert.Equal(t, "testBin-linux.amd64", binaryName)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("success - windows", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -511,22 +511,8 @@ func TestRunGolangBuildPerArchitecture(t *testing.T) {
 		binaryName, err := runGolangBuildPerArchitecture(&config, utils, ldflags, architecture)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "-o")
-		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "testBin.windows-amd64.exe")
-		assert.Equal(t, "testBin.windows-amd64.exe", binaryName)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("success - with artifactversion set", func(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Parallel()
-		config := golangBuildOptions{Output: "testBin", ArtifactVersion: "1.0.0"}
-		utils := newGolangBuildTestsUtils()
-		ldflags := ""
-		architecture := "windows,amd64"
-
-		binaryName, err := runGolangBuildPerArchitecture(&config, utils, ldflags, architecture)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "-o")
-		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "testBin-1.0.0.windows-amd64.exe")
-		assert.Equal(t, "testBin-1.0.0.windows-amd64.exe", binaryName)
+		assert.Contains(t, utils.Calls[0].Params, "testBin-windows.amd64.exe")
+		assert.Equal(t, "testBin-windows.amd64.exe", binaryName)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("execution error", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/resources/metadata/golangBuild.yaml b/resources/metadata/golangBuild.yaml
index ab99ab22d..2f5507cf6 100644
--- a/resources/metadata/golangBuild.yaml
+++ b/resources/metadata/golangBuild.yaml
@@ -205,17 +205,6 @@ spec:
           - type: vaultSecret
             name: golangPrivateModulesGitTokenVaultSecret
             default: golang
-      - name: artifactVersion
-        type: string
-        description: Version of the artifact to be built.
-        scope:
-          - GENERAL
-          - PARAMETERS
-          - STAGES
-          - STEPS
-        resourceRef:
-          - name: commonPipelineEnvironment
-            param: artifactVersion
   containers:
     - name: golang
       image: golang:1