diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ab0993..6633d12 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ init:
 	pip install -r req.txt
 
 test:
+	rm -f aprslib/*.pyc
 	nosetests --verbosity 2 --with-coverage --cover-package=aprslib
 
 pylint:
diff --git a/aprslib/IS.py b/aprslib/IS.py
index 6ef0850..3d53339 100644
--- a/aprslib/IS.py
+++ b/aprslib/IS.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import time
 import logging
 import sys
 
-from .version import __version__
+from . import __version__
 from .parse import parse
 from .exceptions import (
     GenericError,
diff --git a/aprslib/__init__.py b/aprslib/__init__.py
index 101812b..d0a1637 100644
--- a/aprslib/__init__.py
+++ b/aprslib/__init__.py
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ from datetime import date as _date
 __date__ = str(_date.today())
 del _date
 
-from .version import __version__ as ref_version
-__version__ = ref_version
-del ref_version
-
+__version__ = "0.6.31"
 __author__ = "Rossen Georgiev"
 __all__ = ['IS', 'parse']
 
diff --git a/aprslib/version.py b/aprslib/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 32d1c9e..0000000
--- a/aprslib/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = '0.6.31'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0a2b397..4aad8e9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 from setuptools import setup
 from codecs import open
 from os import path
 
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-__version__ = open('aprslib/version.py').read().split("'")[1]
+from aprslib import __version__ as lib_version
 
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name='aprslib',
-    version=__version__,
+    version=lib_version,
     description='Module for accessing APRS-IS and parsing APRS packets',
     long_description=long_description,
     url='https://github.com/rossengeorgiev/aprs-python',