diff --git a/src/qinfer/__init__.py b/src/qinfer/__init__.py
index 7413ecb..b69ba53 100644
--- a/src/qinfer/__init__.py
+++ b/src/qinfer/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 ##
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-from qinfer.version import version as __version__
 
 ## IMPORTS ####################################################################
 # These imports control what is made available by importing qinfer itself.