diff --git a/bin/ert.in b/bin/ert.in
index a977e8565cb..4300ffdd541 100755
--- a/bin/ert.in
+++ b/bin/ert.in
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 import sys
 import os
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError
+import pkg_resources
 
-ERT_ROOT = "${ERT_ROOT}"
-ERT_SHARE_PATH = "%s/share/ert" % ERT_ROOT
+ERT_ROOT = pkg_resources.working_set.by_key['ensemble-reservoir-tool'].location
+ERT_SHARE_PATH = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(ERT_ROOT, '../../../share/ert'))
 
 def valid_file(fname):
     if not os.path.isfile(fname):
diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/__init__.py b/python/python/ert_gui/__init__.py
index 3a734c28692..fe5b9a99356 100644
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/__init__.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ def headless():
 else:
     matplotlib.use("Qt4Agg")
 
-from .ert_version import ErtVersion
+try:
+    from .version import version as __version__
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = '0.0.0'
+
 from .ertnotifier import ERT
 from .ertnotifier import configureErtNotifier
diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/about_dialog.py b/python/python/ert_gui/about_dialog.py
index 6b24ce8234a..8ec0389fa2c 100644
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/about_dialog.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/about_dialog.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
   from PyQt5.QtWidgets import  QDialog, QVBoxLayout, QPushButton, QHBoxLayout, QLabel
   from PyQt5.QtGui import  QFont
 
-from ert_gui import ErtVersion
+import res
+import ecl
+import ert_gui
+
 from ert_gui.ertwidgets import resourceImage
 
 
@@ -81,21 +84,12 @@ def createInfoLayout():
         info_layout.addWidget(ert_title)
 
         version = QLabel()
-        ert_version = ErtVersion( )
+
         version.setAlignment(Qt.AlignHCenter)
-        version.setText("Versions: ecl:%s    res:%s    ert:%s" % (ert_version.ecl_version().versionString(), ert_version.res_version().versionString(), ert_version.versionString()))
+        version.setText(
+            "Versions: ecl:%s    res:%s    ert:%s" % (ecl.__version__, res.__version__, ert_gui.__version__))
         info_layout.addWidget(version)
 
-        timestamp = QLabel()
-        timestamp.setAlignment(Qt.AlignHCenter)
-        timestamp.setText("Build time: %s" % ert_version.getBuildTime())
-        info_layout.addWidget(timestamp)
-
-        git_commit = QLabel()
-        git_commit.setAlignment(Qt.AlignHCenter)
-        git_commit.setText("Git commit hash: %s" % ert_version.getGitCommit(short=True))
-        info_layout.addWidget(git_commit)
-
         info_layout.addStretch(5)
 
         return info_layout
diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/ert_splash.py b/python/python/ert_gui/ert_splash.py
index 7e658a8adaf..c4380c604e0 100644
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/ert_splash.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/ert_splash.py
@@ -99,13 +99,6 @@ def drawContents(self, painter):
         painter.setFont(font)
         painter.drawText(text_x, top_offset, text_area_width, text_size, Qt.AlignHCenter | Qt.AlignCenter, self.version)
 
-        top_offset += text_size + margin
-        text_size = 15
-        font.setPixelSize(text_size)
-        painter.setFont(font)
-        painter.drawText(text_x, top_offset, text_area_width, text_size, Qt.AlignHCenter | Qt.AlignCenter, self.timestamp)
-
-
         text_size = 12
         font.setPixelSize(text_size)
         painter.setFont(font)
diff --git a/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py b/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py
index 550b606d7d3..5c2d6c7e01e 100755
--- a/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py
+++ b/python/python/ert_gui/gert_main.py
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@
   from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QFileDialog
 
 
-from ecl.util.util import EclVersion
-from ert_gui import ErtVersion
 from ert_gui.ert_splash import ErtSplash
 from ert_gui.ertwidgets import SummaryPanel, resourceIcon
 import ert_gui.ertwidgets
@@ -141,6 +139,8 @@
 from res.enkf import EnKFMain, ResConfig
 from res.util import ResLog
 from res.util import ResVersion
+import res
+import ecl
 import sys
 import time
 
@@ -231,10 +231,7 @@ def main(argv):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     splash = ErtSplash()
-    version = ErtVersion( )
-    splash.version = "Version %s" % version.versionString()
-
-    splash.timestamp = version.getBuildTime()
+    splash.version = "Version %s" % ert_gui.__version__
 
     splash.show()
     splash.repaint()
@@ -273,7 +270,7 @@ def main(argv):
     splash.finish(window)
     window.activateWindow()
     window.raise_()
-    ResLog.log(3, "Versions ecl:%s  res:%s   ert:%s" % (EclVersion( ), ResVersion( ), ErtVersion( )))
+    ResLog.log(3, "Versions: ecl:%s    res:%s    ert:%s" % (ecl.__version__, res.__version__, ert_gui.__version__))
     finished_code = app.exec_()
     sys.exit(finished_code)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87962f883c9..c6280061035 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@
 
 setup(
     name='Ensemble Reservoir Tool',
-    use_scm_version=True,
+    use_scm_version={'root':'.' , 'write_to': 'python/python/ert_gui/version.py'},
     scripts=['bin/ert.in', 'python/python/bin/ert_cli'],
     packages=find_packages(where="python/python") ,
     package_dir={'':'python/python'},
-    package_data={
-        '' : 'share/*'
-    },
     license='Open Source',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     install_requires=[
@@ -25,5 +22,5 @@
                     ],
     zip_safe=False,
     tests_require=['pytest'],
-    setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
+    setup_requires=["pytest-runner", 'setuptools_scm'],
 )
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