diff --git a/scripts/travis-emscripten/publish_binary.sh b/scripts/travis-emscripten/publish_binary.sh
index fa5e627db..eba3cdac5 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-emscripten/publish_binary.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-emscripten/publish_binary.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ VER="v$VER"
 COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
 DATE=$(date --date="$(git log -1 --date=iso --format=%ad HEAD)" --utc +%Y.%-m.%-d)
 
-# remove leading zeros in components - they are not semver-compatible
-COMMIT=$(echo "$COMMIT" | sed -e 's/^0*//')
-
 ENCRYPTED_KEY_VAR="encrypted_${ENCRYPTION_LABEL}_key"
 ENCRYPTED_IV_VAR="encrypted_${ENCRYPTION_LABEL}_iv"
 ENCRYPTED_KEY=${!ENCRYPTED_KEY_VAR}