diff --git a/packages/dep.go b/packages/dep.go
index 8d11bec..1decba4 100644
--- a/packages/dep.go
+++ b/packages/dep.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package packages
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
 	"github.com/golang/dep"
 )
@@ -28,11 +26,7 @@ func ExtractPurlsUsingDep(project *dep.Project) ([]string, []string) {
 	var purls []string
 	var invalidPurls []string
 	for _, lockedProject := range lockedProjects {
-		var version string
-		i := lockedProject.Version().String()
-
-		version = strings.Replace(i, "v", "", -1)
-
+		version := lockedProject.Version().String()
 		if len(version) > 0 { // There must be a version we can use
 			name := lockedProject.Ident().String()
 			packageName := convertGopkgNameToPurl(name)
diff --git a/packages/dep_int_test.go b/packages/dep_int_test.go
index e00a77d..e942ca4 100644
--- a/packages/dep_int_test.go
+++ b/packages/dep_int_test.go
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ func TestExtractPurlsFromManifestUsingDep(t *testing.T) {
 	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/golang.org/x/sync@master", invalidPurls, t)
 	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/golang.org/x/sys@master", invalidPurls, t)
 
-	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/go-yaml/yaml@2", purls, t)
-	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/Masterminds/vcs@1.11.1", purls, t)
-	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/boltdb/bolt@1.3.1", purls, t)
-	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/golang/protobuf@1.0.0", purls, t)
-	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/jmank88/nuts@0.3.0", purls, t)
-	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/pelletier/go-toml@1.2.0", purls, t)
-	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/pkg/errors@0.8.0", purls, t)
+	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/go-yaml/yaml@v2", purls, t)
+	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/Masterminds/vcs@v1.11.1", purls, t)
+	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/boltdb/bolt@v1.3.1", purls, t)
+	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/golang/protobuf@v1.0.0", purls, t)
+	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/jmank88/nuts@v0.3.0", purls, t)
+	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/pelletier/go-toml@v1.2.0", purls, t)
+	assertPurlFound("pkg:golang/github.com/pkg/errors@v0.8.0", purls, t)
 }
 
 func assertPurlFound(expectedPurl string, result []string, t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/packages/mod.go b/packages/mod.go
index cab02b4..60a61d6 100644
--- a/packages/mod.go
+++ b/packages/mod.go
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ type Mod struct {
 func (m Mod) ExtractPurlsFromManifest() (purls []string) {
 	for _, s := range m.ProjectList.Projects {
 		if len(s.Version) > 0 { // There must be a version we can use
-			// OSS Index no likey v before version, IQ does though, comment left so I will never forget.
-			// go-sona-types library now takes care of querying both ossi and iq with reformatted purls as needed (to v or not to v).
-			version := strings.Replace(s.Version, "v", "", -1)
-			version = strings.Replace(version, "+incompatible", "", -1)
+			// remove "+incompatible" from version string if it exists
+			version := strings.Replace(s.Version, "+incompatible", "", -1)
 			var purl = "pkg:" + convertGopkgNameToPurl(s.Name) + "@" + version
 			purls = append(purls, purl)
 		}
diff --git a/packages/mod_test.go b/packages/mod_test.go
index 50ac2ac..8430a84 100644
--- a/packages/mod_test.go
+++ b/packages/mod_test.go
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
 package packages
 
 import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/sonatype-nexus-community/nancy/types"
 )
 
+const versionFormatDateHash = "v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad"
+const versionFormatIncompatible = "v2.0.3+incompatible"
+
 // Simulate calling parse.GopkgLock()
 func getProjectList() (projectList types.ProjectList) {
 	appendProject("github.com/AndreasBriese/bbloom", "", &projectList)
@@ -34,6 +38,8 @@ func getProjectList() (projectList types.ProjectList) {
 	appendProject("github.com/shopspring/decimal", "1.1.0", &projectList)
 	appendProject("golang.org/x/net", "", &projectList)
 	appendProject("golang.org/x/sys", "", &projectList)
+	appendProject("golang/golang.org/x/crypto", versionFormatDateHash, &projectList)
+	appendProject("github.com/logrusorgru/aurora", versionFormatIncompatible, &projectList)
 
 	return projectList
 }
@@ -66,9 +72,15 @@ func TestModExtractPurlsFromManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	mod.ProjectList = getProjectList()
 
 	result := mod.ExtractPurlsFromManifest()
-	if len(result) != 5 {
+	if len(result) != 7 {
 		t.Error(result)
 	}
+
+	// verify version format with date and hashcode is not altered
+	assert.Equal(t, "pkg:golang/golang/golang.org/x/crypto@"+versionFormatDateHash, result[5])
+
+	// verify version format with '+incompatible' has that string removed
+	assert.Equal(t, "pkg:golang/github.com/logrusorgru/aurora@v2.0.3", result[6])
 }
 
 func TestModExtractPurlsFromManifestDuplicates(t *testing.T) {