diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go b/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go
index 8bd66c936..71704f9c0 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go
@@ -1,28 +1,16 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
-	"regexp"
-	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
-const semverRegex = `v?((\d+\.?)+)([^\d]?.*)`
-
-func convertToInt(s string) int {
-	i, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return i
-}
-
 func (c *GitCommand) GetTags() ([]*models.Tag, error) {
-	// get remote branches
-	remoteBranchesStr, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(`git tag --list`)
+	// get remote branches, sorted  by creation date (descending)
+	// see: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-tag#Documentation/git-tag.txt---sortltkeygt
+	remoteBranchesStr, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(`git tag --list --sort=-creatordate`)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -37,59 +25,10 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GetTags() ([]*models.Tag, error) {
 	// first step is to get our remotes from go-git
 	tags := make([]*models.Tag, len(split))
 	for i, tagName := range split {
-
 		tags[i] = &models.Tag{
 			Name: tagName,
 		}
 	}
 
-	// now lets sort our tags by name numerically
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(semverRegex)
-
-	sortAsc := c.Config.GetUserConfig().Gui.SortTagsAscending
-	// the reason this is complicated is because we're both sorting alphabetically
-	// and when we're dealing with semver strings
-	sort.Slice(tags, func(i, j int) bool {
-		var a, b string
-		if sortAsc {
-			a = tags[i].Name
-			b = tags[j].Name
-		} else {
-			b = tags[i].Name
-			a = tags[j].Name
-		}
-
-		matchA := re.FindStringSubmatch(a)
-		matchB := re.FindStringSubmatch(b)
-
-		if len(matchA) > 0 && len(matchB) > 0 {
-			numbersA := strings.Split(matchA[1], ".")
-			numbersB := strings.Split(matchB[1], ".")
-			k := 0
-			for {
-				if len(numbersA) == k && len(numbersB) == k {
-					break
-				}
-				if len(numbersA) == k {
-					return true
-				}
-				if len(numbersB) == k {
-					return false
-				}
-				if convertToInt(numbersA[k]) < convertToInt(numbersB[k]) {
-					return true
-				}
-				if convertToInt(numbersA[k]) > convertToInt(numbersB[k]) {
-					return false
-				}
-				k++
-			}
-
-			return strings.ToLower(matchA[3]) < strings.ToLower(matchB[3])
-		}
-
-		return strings.ToLower(a) < strings.ToLower(b)
-	})
-
 	return tags, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/config/user_config.go b/pkg/config/user_config.go
index 074dcbc63..cf193011b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/user_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/user_config.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ type GuiConfig struct {
 	ShowRandomTip            bool               `yaml:"showRandomTip"`
 	ShowCommandLog           bool               `yaml:"showCommandLog"`
 	CommandLogSize           int                `yaml:"commandLogSize"`
-	SortTagsAscending        bool               `yaml:"sortTagsAscending"`
 }
 
 type ThemeConfig struct {
@@ -308,7 +307,6 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *UserConfig {
 			ShowFileTree:             false,
 			ShowRandomTip:            true,
 			CommandLogSize:           8,
-			SortTagsAscending:        false,
 		},
 		Git: GitConfig{
 			Paging: PagingConfig{