diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb
index f908e1d..eef3e6d 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb
@@ -68,25 +68,11 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
       response = @github.repos.tags @options[:user], @options[:project]
       page_i = 0
       count_pages = response.count_pages
-
       response.each_page do |page|
-
-        if @options[:exclude_tags_filter]
-          body_new = []
-          reg = Regexp.new @options[:exclude_tags_filter]
-          page.body.each do |tag|
-            if !(tag.name =~ reg)
-              body_new << tag
-            end
-          end
-          page.body = body_new
-        end
-
         page_i += PER_PAGE_NUMBER
         print_in_same_line("Fetching tags... #{page_i}/#{count_pages * PER_PAGE_NUMBER}")
         tags.concat(page)
       end
-
       print_empty_line
 
       if tags.count == 0
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb
index 3d01497..cbf8198 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
     end
 
     # @param [Array] all_tags all tags
-    # @return [Array] filtered tags according :exclude_tags option
+    # @return [Array] filtered tags according :exclude_tags or :exclude_tags_regex option
     def filter_excluded_tags(all_tags)
-      if @options[:exclude_tags]
-        apply_exclude_tags(all_tags)
-      elsif @options[:exclude_tags_regex]
-        apply_exclude_tags_regex(all_tags)
+      if (@options[:exclude_tags].is_a?(Regexp) || @options[:exclude_tags_regex])
+        filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags)
+      elsif @options[:exclude_tags]
+        filter_exact_tags(all_tags)
       else
         all_tags
       end
@@ -142,18 +142,6 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
 
     private
 
-    def apply_exclude_tags(all_tags)
-      if @options[:exclude_tags].is_a?(Regexp)
-        filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags)
-      else
-        filter_exact_tags(all_tags)
-      end
-    end
-
-    def apply_exclude_tags_regex(all_tags)
-      filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags)
-    end
-
     def filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags)
       warn_if_nonmatching_regex(all_tags)
 
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
index 034bb82..97e5ed5 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
         opts.on("--between-tags  x,y,z", Array, "Change log will be filled only between specified tags") do |list|
           options[:between_tags] = list
         end
-        opts.on("--exclude-tags-filter [REGEX]", "Apply a regular expression on tag names so that they can be excluded, for example: --exclude-tags-filter \".*\+\d{1,}\" ") do |last|
-          options[:exclude_tags_filter] = last
-        end
         opts.on("--exclude-tags  x,y,z", Array, "Change log will exclude specified tags") do |list|
           options[:exclude_tags] = list
         end
+        opts.on("--exclude-tags-regex [REGEX]", "Apply a regular expression on tag names so that they can be excluded, for example: --exclude-tags-regex \".*\+\d{1,}\" ") do |last|
+          options[:exclude_tags_regex] = last
+        end
         opts.on("--since-tag  x", "Change log will start after specified tag") do |v|
           options[:since_tag] = v
         end