diff --git a/seal5/flow.py b/seal5/flow.py
index d134fe24..377ac14c 100644
--- a/seal5/flow.py
+++ b/seal5/flow.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 from seal5.dependencies import cdsl2llvm_dependency
 from seal5 import utils
-from seal5.tools import llvm, cdsl2llvm, git as git_, inject_patches
+from seal5.tools import llvm, cdsl2llvm, inject_patches
 from seal5.resources.resources import get_patches, get_test_cfg
 from seal5.passes import Seal5Pass, PassType, PassScope, PassManager, filter_passes
 import seal5.pass_list as passes
@@ -634,9 +634,10 @@ def patch(self, verbose: bool = False, stages: List[PatchStage] = None, force: b
                 self.apply_patch(patch, force=force)
             assert self.repo is not None
             tag_name = f"seal5-{self.name}-stage{int(stage)}"
-            tag_msg = f"Patched Seal5 LLVM after {stage}"
-            author = git_.get_author(self.settings.git)
-            self.repo.create_tag(tag_name, message=tag_msg, force=True, author=author)
+            tag_msg = f"Patched Seal5 LLVM after stage {stage}"
+            # author = git_.get_author(self.settings.git)
+            # self.repo.create_tag(tag_name, message=tag_msg, force=True, author=author)
+            self.repo.create_tag(tag_name, message=tag_msg, force=True)
         end = time.time()
         diff = end - start
         metrics["time_s"] = diff
diff --git a/seal5/tools/llvm.py b/seal5/tools/llvm.py
index d2d8ce8f..bc44c674 100644
--- a/seal5/tools/llvm.py
+++ b/seal5/tools/llvm.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 from seal5 import utils
 from seal5.logging import get_logger
-from seal5.tools.git import get_author
+from seal5.tools.git import get_author_from_settings
 from seal5.settings import GitSettings
 
 logger = get_logger()
@@ -79,8 +79,13 @@ def clone_llvm_repo(
         if ref:
             logger.debug("Checking out branch: %s", ref)
             repo.git.checkout(ref)
-    author = get_author(git_settings)
-    repo.create_tag(f"seal5-{label}-base", "-f", author=author)
+    # Set author in repo config
+    author = get_author_from_settings(git_settings)
+    with repo.config_writer() as writer:
+        writer.set_value("user", "name", author.name)
+        writer.set_value("user", "email", author.email)
+    # repo.create_tag(f"seal5-{label}-base", "-f", author=author)
+    repo.create_tag(f"seal5-{label}-base", "-f")
     # git describe --tags --match "llvmorg-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*"
     describe = repo.git.describe("--tags", "--match", "llvmorg-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*")
     if describe: