diff --git a/.buildpacks b/.buildpacks
index 36201cad..4d7e2859 100644
--- a/.buildpacks
+++ b/.buildpacks
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby.git
-https://github.com/drogus/last-commit-sha-buildpack.git
 https://github.com/ryandotsmith/nginx-buildpack.git
diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app.rb b/lib/travis/api/app.rb
index d61a498b..d6e872a9 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require 'metriks/reporter/logger'
 require 'metriks/librato_metrics_reporter'
 require 'travis/support/log_subscriber/active_record_metrics'
 require 'fileutils'
+require 'securerandom'
 
 module Travis::Api
 end
@@ -81,11 +82,7 @@ module Travis::Api
     end
 
     def self.deploy_sha
-      @deploy_sha ||= File.exist?(deploy_sha_path) ? File.read(deploy_sha_path)[0..7] : 'deploy-sha'
-    end
-
-    def self.deploy_sha_path
-      File.expand_path('../../../../.deploy-sha', __FILE__)
+      @deploy_sha ||= ENV['HEROKU_SLUG_COMMIT'] || SecureRandom.hex(5)
     end
 
     attr_accessor :app