diff --git a/node_utils.xml b/node_utils.xml
index ec191bcfeab..1dfdd6908af 100644
--- a/node_utils.xml
+++ b/node_utils.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
     <!-- Expected that these properties will be overridden by system properties -->
     <property name="kotlin.deploy.version" value="0.0.0"/>
-    <property name="kotlin.compiler.deploy.tag" value="dev"/>
-    <property name="kotlin.compiler.deploy.version" value="${kotlin.deploy.version}"/>
+    <property name="kotlin.deploy.tag" value="dev"/>
     <property name="kotlin.npmjs.auth.token" value="AUTH"/>
 
     <property name="node.version" value="v6.3.1"/>
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@
 
     <macrodef name="npm">
         <attribute name="command"/>
-        <attribute name="tag" default="${kotlin.compiler.deploy.tag}"/>
         <attribute name="dir" default="."/>
         <attribute name="failonerror" default="true"/>
         <element name="args" optional="true" implicit="true"/>
@@ -76,8 +74,6 @@
             <node dir="@{dir}" failonerror="@{failonerror}">
                 <arg file="${node.dir}/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"/>
                 <arg value="@{command}"/>
-                <arg value="--tag"/>
-                <arg value="@{tag}"/>
                 <args/>
             </node>
         </sequential>
@@ -86,6 +82,7 @@
     <macrodef name="publish-to-npm">
         <attribute name="template"/>
         <attribute name="version"/>
+        <attribute name="tag"/>
         <element name="actions" optional="true" implicit="true"/>
         <sequential>
             <property name="deploy_to_npm_dir" value="${output}/deploy_to_npm"/>
@@ -105,19 +102,21 @@
             </npm>
             <npm command="publish" dir="${package_deploy_dir}">
                 <arg value="--//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${kotlin.npmjs.auth.token}"/>
+                <arg value="--tag"/>
+                <arg value="@{tag}"/>
             </npm>
         </sequential>
     </macrodef>
 
     <target name="publish-kotlin-js-to-npm">
-        <publish-to-npm template="kotlin" version="${kotlin.deploy.version}">
+        <publish-to-npm template="kotlin" version="${kotlin.deploy.version}" tag="${kotlin.deploy.tag}">
             <copy file="${js.stdlib.output.dir}/kotlin.js" todir="${package_deploy_dir}" failonerror="true" />
             <copy file="${js.stdlib.output.dir}/kotlin.meta.js" todir="${package_deploy_dir}" failonerror="true" />
         </publish-to-npm>
     </target>
 
     <target name="publish-kotlin-compiler-to-npm">
-        <publish-to-npm template="kotlin-compiler" version="${kotlin.compiler.deploy.version}">
+        <publish-to-npm template="kotlin-compiler" version="${kotlin.deploy.version}" tag="${kotlin.deploy.tag}">
             <copy todir="${package_deploy_dir}" failonerror="true" >
                 <fileset dir="${output}/kotlinc" />
             </copy>