diff --git a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-bsp-cli.sh b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-bsp-cli.sh
index b63c78f0d..e1c58a600 100644
--- a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-bsp-cli.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-bsp-cli.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ function artifact_armbian-bsp-cli_prepare_version() {
 	)
 	declare hash_variables="undetermined" # will be set by calculate_hash_for_variables(), which normalizes the input
 	calculate_hash_for_variables "${vars_to_hash[@]}"
-	declare var_config_hash_short="${hash_variables:0:${short_hash_size}}"
+	declare vars_config_hash="${hash_variables}"
+	declare var_config_hash_short="${vars_config_hash:0:${short_hash_size}}"
 
 	declare -a dirs_to_hash=(
 		"${SRC}/packages/bsp/common" # common stuff
diff --git a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-kernel.sh b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-kernel.sh
index b8ae325d7..cb8cdcce1 100644
--- a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-kernel.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-kernel.sh
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ function artifact_kernel_prepare_version() {
 	)
 	declare hash_variables="undetermined" # will be set by calculate_hash_for_variables(), which normalizes the input
 	calculate_hash_for_variables "${vars_to_hash[@]}"
-	declare var_config_hash_short="${hash_variables:0:${short_hash_size}}"
+	declare vars_config_hash="${hash_variables}"
+	declare var_config_hash_short="${vars_config_hash:0:${short_hash_size}}"
 
 	# Hash the extension hooks
 	declare -a extension_hooks_to_hash=("pre_package_kernel_image")
diff --git a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh
index b7b6a83ae..7519e0cbe 100644
--- a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ function artifact_uboot_prepare_version() {
 	)
 	declare hash_variables="undetermined" # will be set by calculate_hash_for_variables(), which normalizes the input
 	calculate_hash_for_variables "${vars_to_hash[@]}"
-	declare var_config_hash_short="${hash_variables:0:${short_hash_size}}"
+	declare vars_config_hash="${hash_variables}"
+	declare var_config_hash_short="${vars_config_hash:0:${short_hash_size}}"
 
 	# get the hashes of the lib/ bash sources involved...
 	declare hash_files="undetermined"