diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d52c1c3..51f35b3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ include CONTRIBUTING.rst
 include INSTALL
 include LICENSE
 include README.rst
-include VERSION
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 7299f57..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2.3.dev0