diff --git a/src/pynwb/_version.py b/src/pynwb/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 94fdb9d9f..000000000
--- a/src/pynwb/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple, Union
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-
-__version__ = version = '2.6.1.dev5+g8d9aaa34.d20240325'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (2, 6, 1, 'dev5', 'g8d9aaa34.d20240325')