diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionGuesser.php b/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionGuesser.php
index 060bf26dd..02297a1e6 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionGuesser.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionGuesser.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class VersionGuesser
 
     private function postprocess(array $versionData)
     {
-        if ('-dev' === substr($versionData['version'], -4)) {
+        if ('-dev' === substr($versionData['version'], -4) && preg_match('{\.9{7}}', $versionData['version'])) {
             $versionData['pretty_version'] = preg_replace('{(\.9{7})+}', '.x', $versionData['version']);
         }
 
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ class VersionGuesser
                         $version = $this->versionParser->normalizeBranch($match[1]);
                         $prettyVersion = 'dev-' . $match[1];
                         $isFeatureBranch = 0 === strpos($version, 'dev-');
-                        if ('9999999-dev' === $version) {
-                            $version = $prettyVersion;
-                        }
                     }
 
                     if ($match[2]) {
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionGuesserTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionGuesserTest.php
index d8db7e599..c0b6346c8 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionGuesserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionGuesserTest.php
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ class VersionGuesserTest extends TestCase
         $guesser = new VersionGuesser($config, $executor, new VersionParser());
         $versionArray = $guesser->guessVersion(array(), 'dummy/path');
 
-        $this->assertEquals("dev-master", $versionArray['version']);
+        $this->assertEquals("9999999-dev", $versionArray['version']);
+        $this->assertEquals("dev-master", $versionArray['pretty_version']);
         $this->assertEquals($commitHash, $versionArray['commit']);
     }