diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e379d2..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.0.2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 20cd094..73c917e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dnl ##
 dnl ## Setup autoconf
 dnl ##
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([4ti2gap], m4_esyscmd([tr -d '\n' < VERSION]))
+AC_INIT([4ti2gap], [package])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/4ti2gap.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/pkgconfig.h:cnf/pkgconfig.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/makedoc.g b/makedoc.g
index 50fa5e3..b7cfcbe 100644
--- a/makedoc.g
+++ b/makedoc.g
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ if fail = LoadPackage("AutoDoc", ">= 2016.01.21") then
 fi;
 
 AutoDoc();
-PrintTo("VERSION", GAPInfo.PackageInfoCurrent.Version);
 
 QUIT;