diff --git a/pkg/build/gobuild.go b/pkg/build/gobuild.go
index 6da01e0ac7..f220d4eef6 100644
--- a/pkg/build/gobuild.go
+++ b/pkg/build/gobuild.go
@@ -889,9 +889,7 @@ func (g *gobuild) Build(ctx context.Context, s string) (Result, error) {
 
 		anns := map[string]string{
 			specsv1.AnnotationBaseImageDigest: baseDigest.String(),
-		}
-		if _, ok := baseRef.(name.Tag); ok {
-			anns[specsv1.AnnotationBaseImageName] = baseRef.Name()
+			specsv1.AnnotationBaseImageName:   baseRef.Name(),
 		}
 		base = mutate.Annotations(base, anns).(Result)
 	}