diff --git a/devtools/conda-recipe/bld.bat b/devtools/conda-recipe/bld.bat
index 7cfd03316..38163a4c3 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-recipe/bld.bat
+++ b/devtools/conda-recipe/bld.bat
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ if not defined APPVEYOR (
     cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\devtools\ci\appveyor\run_with_env.cmd "%PYTHON%" setup.py install
 )
 set build_status=%ERRORLEVEL%
-"%PYTHON%" devtools\conda-recipe\dev_version.py
 if %build_status% == 1 exit 1
diff --git a/devtools/conda-recipe/build.sh b/devtools/conda-recipe/build.sh
index 9c9d57833..4dad93a1c 100755
--- a/devtools/conda-recipe/build.sh
+++ b/devtools/conda-recipe/build.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 $PYTHON setup.py install
-$PYTHON devtools/conda-recipe/dev_version.py
diff --git a/devtools/conda-recipe/dev_version.py b/devtools/conda-recipe/dev_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e3c1704a6..000000000
--- a/devtools/conda-recipe/dev_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-from pyemma import __version__ as version
-
-with open('__conda_version__.txt', 'w') as f:
-    f.write(version)
diff --git a/devtools/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/devtools/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index a49bb5332..7b59260c3 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/devtools/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: pyemma-dev
-  #version: 0 
+  version: {{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG','')+environ.get('GIT_BUILD_STR', 'unknown')[1:] }}
 source:
   path: ../..