diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ce0129..4514eb3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import versioneer
 
-version = imp.load_source('trollsift.version', 'trollsift/version.py')
 README = open('README.rst', 'r').read()
 
 setup(name="trollsift",