diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a4213aa9e46..ff75bbd2fd4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1784,7 +1784,6 @@ Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER -text
 Maintenance/release_building/MAJOR_NUMBER -text
 Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER -text
 Maintenance/release_building/global_dont_submit -text
-Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name -text
 Maintenance/rpm/SOURCES/CGAL-README.Fedora svneol=native#text/plain
 Maintenance/rpm/SOURCES/CGAL-build-library.dpatch svneol=native#text/x-diff
 Maintenance/rpm/SOURCES/CGAL-install_cgal-SUPPORT_REQUIRED.patch svneol=native#text/x-diff
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER b/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
index 7f8f011eb73..45a4fb75db8 100644
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+8
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
deleted file mode 100644
index 886541cec8d..00000000000
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CGAL-3.7-alpha1