diff --git a/.gitrepo b/.gitrepo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b72a9464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitrepo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+perl-mason.git
diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index bc194121..44144a2d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 ^NOTES
 ^REFERENCE
 ^TODO
-^VERSION
 ^bench
 ^blib
 ^build
diff --git a/lib/Mason.pm b/lib/Mason.pm
index 764581f2..97ab8e84 100644
--- a/lib/Mason.pm
+++ b/lib/Mason.pm
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ use MooseX::ClassAttribute;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-$Mason::VERSION = '0.01';
-
 sub default_plugins { [] }
 
 sub new {