diff --git a/release-tool b/release-tool
index 0d176835aa..b95b0ddb86 100755
--- a/release-tool
+++ b/release-tool
@@ -736,12 +736,9 @@ EOF
     local appimage_name="KeePassXC-x86_64.AppImage"
     if [ "" != "$RELEASE_NAME" ]; then
         appimage_name="KeePassXC-${RELEASE_NAME}-x86_64.AppImage"
+        echo "X-AppImage-Version=${RELEASE_NAME}" >> "$desktop_file"
     fi
 
-    # Allow appimagetool to insert version information into the AppImage to allow
-    # desktop integration tools to display that in app launchers
-    export VERSION="${RELEASE_NAME}"
-
     # Run appimagetool to package (and possibly sign) AppImage
     # --no-appstream is required, since it may crash on newer systems
     # see: https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/issues/856