diff --git a/README b/README
index b370ce2bd9..c289604459 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #################################
-__  __            _  _    ___   ___
-\ \/ /___ _ __   | || |  ( _ ) / _ \       _ __ ___
- \  // _ \ '_ \  | || |_ / _ \| | | |_____| '__/ __|
- /  \  __/ | | | |__   _| (_) | |_| |_____| | | (__
-/_/\_\___|_| |_|    |_|(_)___(_)___/      |_|  \___|
+__  __            _  _    ___
+\ \/ /___ _ __   | || |  ( _ )
+ \  // _ \ '_ \  | || |_ / _ \
+ /  \  __/ | | | |__   _| (_) |
+/_/\_\___|_| |_|    |_|(_)___/
 
 #################################
 
diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index b8df99f82a..269eee2c35 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # All other places this is stored (eg. compile.h) should be autogenerated.
 export XEN_VERSION       = 4
 export XEN_SUBVERSION    = 8
-export XEN_EXTRAVERSION ?= .0-rc$(XEN_VENDORVERSION)
+export XEN_EXTRAVERSION ?= .0$(XEN_VENDORVERSION)
 export XEN_FULLVERSION   = $(XEN_VERSION).$(XEN_SUBVERSION)$(XEN_EXTRAVERSION)
 -include xen-version