diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 0d59aa6..615e9cf 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 			
 			// make the CWD package available so that for example sub packages can reference their
 			// parent package.
-			try dub.packageManager.getTemporaryPackage(Path(root_path), Version("~master"));
+			try dub.packageManager.getTemporaryPackage(Path(root_path));
 			catch (Exception e) { logDiagnostic("No package found in current working directory."); }
 
 			try return cmd.execute(dub, command_args.extractRemainingArgs(), app_args);
diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index 8239dfd..987c49c 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 			logInfo("Unregistered package: %s (version: %s)", name, ver);
 	}
 
-	Package getTemporaryPackage(Path path, Version ver)
+	Package getTemporaryPackage(Path path, Version ver = Version.INVALID)
 	{
 		foreach (p; m_temporaryPackages)
 			if (p.path == path) {
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
 		
 		auto pack = new Package(path);
 		enforce(pack.name.length, "The package has no name, defined in: " ~ path.toString());
-		pack.ver = ver;
+		if (ver != Version.INVALID) pack.ver = ver;
 		addPackages(m_temporaryPackages, pack);
 		return pack;
 	}