diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/repository/tests/test_repo_files.py b/rhodecode/apps/repository/tests/test_repo_files.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/repository/tests/test_repo_files.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/repository/tests/test_repo_files.py
@@ -542,6 +542,28 @@ class TestRepositoryArchival(object):
             for header in headers:
                 assert header in response.headers.items()
 
+    def test_archival_no_hash(self, backend):
+        backend.enable_downloads()
+        commit = backend.repo.get_commit(commit_idx=173)
+        for a_type, content_type, extension in settings.ARCHIVE_SPECS:
+
+            short = 'plain' + extension
+            fname = commit.raw_id + extension
+            filename = '%s-%s' % (backend.repo_name, short)
+            response = self.app.get(
+                route_path('repo_archivefile',
+                           repo_name=backend.repo_name,
+                           fname=fname, params={'with_hash': 0}))
+
+            assert response.status == '200 OK'
+            headers = [
+                ('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename=%s' % filename),
+                ('Content-Type', '%s' % content_type),
+            ]
+
+            for header in headers:
+                assert header in response.headers.items()
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('arch_ext',[
         'tar', 'rar', 'x', '..ax', '.zipz', 'tar.gz.tar'])
     def test_archival_wrong_ext(self, backend, arch_ext):
diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py
@@ -325,17 +325,18 @@ class RepoFilesView(RepoAppView):
 
         return lf_enabled
 
-    def _get_archive_name(self, db_repo_name, commit_sha, ext, subrepos=False, path_sha=''):
+    def _get_archive_name(self, db_repo_name, commit_sha, ext, subrepos=False, path_sha='', with_hash=True):
         # original backward compat name of archive
         clean_name = safe_str(db_repo_name.replace('/', '_'))
 
         # e.g vcsserver.zip
         # e.g vcsserver-abcdefgh.zip
         # e.g vcsserver-abcdefgh-defghijk.zip
-        archive_name = '{}{}{}{}{}'.format(
+        archive_name = '{}{}{}{}{}{}'.format(
             clean_name,
             '-sub' if subrepos else '',
             commit_sha,
+            '-{}'.format('plain') if not with_hash else '',
             '-{}'.format(path_sha) if path_sha else '',
             ext)
         return archive_name
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ class RepoFilesView(RepoAppView):
         # used for cache etc
         archive_name = self._get_archive_name(
             self.db_repo_name, commit_sha=short_sha, ext=ext, subrepos=subrepos,
-            path_sha=path_sha)
+            path_sha=path_sha, with_hash=with_hash)
 
         if not with_hash:
             short_sha = ''
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ class RepoFilesView(RepoAppView):
         # what end client gets served
         response_archive_name = self._get_archive_name(
             self.db_repo_name, commit_sha=short_sha, ext=ext, subrepos=subrepos,
-            path_sha=path_sha)
+            path_sha=path_sha, with_hash=with_hash)
         # remove extension from our archive directory name
         archive_dir_name = response_archive_name[:-len(ext)]
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/summary/summary.mako b/rhodecode/templates/summary/summary.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/summary/summary.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/summary/summary.mako
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
             var fname = selectedReference.raw_id + ext;
             var href = pyroutes.url('repo_archivefile', {
                 'repo_name': templateContext.repo_name,
-                'fname': fname
+                'fname': fname,
+                'with_hash': '1'
             });
             // set new label
             $(this).html(ico + ' {0}{1}'.format(escapeHtml(e.added.text), ext));