diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index b136754efbc..a2a1fb825d9 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ var (
 	race                  bool
 	phjsToRelease         string
 	workingDir            string
-	includeBuildNumber    bool     = true
-	buildNumber           int      = 0
+	includeBuildId        bool     = true
+	buildId               string   = "0"
 	binaries              []string = []string{"grafana-server", "grafana-cli"}
 	isDev                 bool     = false
 	enterprise            bool     = false
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	ensureGoPath()
 
+	var buildIdRaw string
+
 	flag.StringVar(&goarch, "goarch", runtime.GOARCH, "GOARCH")
 	flag.StringVar(&goos, "goos", runtime.GOOS, "GOOS")
 	flag.StringVar(&gocc, "cc", "", "CC")
@@ -61,12 +63,14 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&pkgArch, "pkg-arch", "", "PKG ARCH")
 	flag.StringVar(&phjsToRelease, "phjs", "", "PhantomJS binary")
 	flag.BoolVar(&race, "race", race, "Use race detector")
-	flag.BoolVar(&includeBuildNumber, "includeBuildNumber", includeBuildNumber, "IncludeBuildNumber in package name")
+	flag.BoolVar(&includeBuildId, "includeBuildId", includeBuildId, "IncludeBuildId in package name")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enterprise, "enterprise", enterprise, "Build enterprise version of Grafana")
-	flag.IntVar(&buildNumber, "buildNumber", 0, "Build number from CI system")
+	flag.StringVar(&buildIdRaw, "buildId", "0", "Build ID from CI system")
 	flag.BoolVar(&isDev, "dev", isDev, "optimal for development, skips certain steps")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	buildId = shortenBuildId(buildIdRaw)
+
 	readVersionFromPackageJson()
 
 	if pkgArch == "" {
@@ -197,9 +201,9 @@ func readVersionFromPackageJson() {
 	}
 
 	// add timestamp to iteration
-	if includeBuildNumber {
-		if buildNumber != 0 {
-			linuxPackageIteration = fmt.Sprintf("%d%s", buildNumber, linuxPackageIteration)
+	if includeBuildId {
+		if buildId != "0" {
+			linuxPackageIteration = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", buildId, linuxPackageIteration)
 		} else {
 			linuxPackageIteration = fmt.Sprintf("%d%s", time.Now().Unix(), linuxPackageIteration)
 		}
@@ -392,7 +396,7 @@ func grunt(params ...string) {
 
 func gruntBuildArg(task string) []string {
 	args := []string{task}
-	if includeBuildNumber {
+	if includeBuildId {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--pkgVer=%v-%v", linuxPackageVersion, linuxPackageIteration))
 	} else {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--pkgVer=%v", version))
@@ -632,3 +636,11 @@ func shaFile(file string) error {
 
 	return out.Close()
 }
+
+func shortenBuildId(buildId string) string {
+	buildId = strings.Replace(buildId, "-", "", -1)
+	if (len(buildId) < 9) {
+		return buildId
+	}
+	return buildId[0:8]
+}
diff --git a/scripts/build/build-all.sh b/scripts/build/build-all.sh
index f194109ec0d..3e7058fa494 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build-all.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/build-all.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ echo "current dir: $(pwd)"
 
 if [ "$CIRCLE_TAG" != "" ]; then
   echo "Building releases from tag $CIRCLE_TAG"
-  OPT="-includeBuildNumber=false ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
+  OPT="-includeBuildId=false ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
 else
   echo "Building incremental build for $CIRCLE_BRANCH"
-  OPT="-buildNumber=${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
+  OPT="-buildId=${CIRCLE_WORKFLOW_ID} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
 fi
 
 echo "Build arguments: $OPT"
diff --git a/scripts/build/build.sh b/scripts/build/build.sh
index 2cf9f5a8a21..8362942c6cd 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/build.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ echo "current dir: $(pwd)"
 
 if [ "$CIRCLE_TAG" != "" ]; then
   echo "Building releases from tag $CIRCLE_TAG"
-  OPT="-includeBuildNumber=false ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
+  OPT="-includeBuildId=false ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
 else
   echo "Building incremental build for $CIRCLE_BRANCH"
-  OPT="-buildNumber=${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
+  OPT="-buildId=${CIRCLE_WORKFLOW_ID} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
 fi
 
 echo "Build arguments: $OPT"
diff --git a/scripts/build/deploy.sh b/scripts/build/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 49b2a9e3a7c..00000000000
--- a/scripts/build/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-mkdir -p dist
-
-echo "Circle branch: ${CIRCLE_BRANCH}"
-echo "Circle tag: ${CIRCLE_TAG}"
-docker run -i -t --name gfbuild \
-  -v $(pwd):/go/src/github.com/grafana/grafana \
-  -e "CIRCLE_BRANCH=${CIRCLE_BRANCH}" \
-  -e "CIRCLE_TAG=${CIRCLE_TAG}" \
-  -e "CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM=${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM}" \
-  grafana/buildcontainer
-
-sudo chown -R ${USER:=$(/usr/bin/id -run)}:$USER dist