diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yaml
index a612ce6a4..734e180e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yaml
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ jobs:
       DOXYGEN_CONFIG_FILE: doxygen.conf
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Run
         run: ./.travis/build-docs.sh
   build-gitstats:
diff --git a/.travis/build-docs.sh b/.travis/build-docs.sh
index 40f6af15d..727f71cbf 100755
--- a/.travis/build-docs.sh
+++ b/.travis/build-docs.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 sudo apt-get update -qq
 sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz
 
-# can fail due to travis cloning only `depth=50`
-GIT_DESC=$(git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || echo HEAD)
+GIT_DESC=$(git describe --tags 2>/dev/null)
 GIT_CHASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 # Append git version to doxygen version string