diff --git a/indexed_gzip.pyx b/indexed_gzip.pyx
index 5b1e03ee..a3e4ef44 100644
--- a/indexed_gzip.pyx
+++ b/indexed_gzip.pyx
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ to gzip files.
 """
 
 
-__version__ = '0.1'
-
-
 from libc.stdio  cimport (SEEK_SET,
                           FILE,
                           fdopen)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a8304163..453c099b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
 from Cython.Build  import cythonize
 
 
-import indexed_gzip as igzip
-
 setup(
     name='indexed_gzip',
-    version=str(igzip.__version__),
+    version='0.1',
     author='Paul McCarthy',
     author_email='pauldmccarthy@gmail.com',
     description='Fast random access of gzip files in Python',