diff --git a/redcap/__init__.py b/redcap/__init__.py
index 39c209b..f4df935 100644
--- a/redcap/__init__.py
+++ b/redcap/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 __author__ = 'Scott Burns <scott.s.burns@gmail.com>'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = '2014, Vanderbilt University'
+__version__ = '1.0.2'
 
 """
 This module exposes the REDCap API through the Project class. Instantiate the
@@ -18,4 +19,3 @@ class with the URL to your REDCap system along with an API key, probably
 
 from .project import Project
 from .request import RCRequest, RCAPIError, RedcapError
-from .version import VERSION as __version__
diff --git a/redcap/version.py b/redcap/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a98c726..0000000
--- a/redcap/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-__author__ = 'Scott Burns <scott.s.burns@gmail.com>'
-__license__ = 'MIT'
-__copyright__ = '2014, Vanderbilt University'
-
-VERSION = '1.0.2'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cece97d..dbe302b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,21 +5,30 @@
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = '2014, Vanderbilt University'
 
+import codecs
 import os
+import re
+
+# Taken from vulture setup.py: https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture/blob/master/setup.py
+def read(*parts):
+    here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, *parts), "r") as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+def find_version(*file_parts):
+    version_file = read(*file_parts)
+    version_match = re.search(
+        r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]$", version_file, re.M
+    )
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
-
-def get_version():
-    base = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-    with open(os.path.join(base, 'redcap/version.py')) as f:
-        VERSION = None
-        exec(f.read())
-        return VERSION
-
 required = [
     'requests>=1.0.0',
     'semantic-version>=2.3.1'
@@ -37,7 +46,7 @@ def get_version():
         description="""PyCap: Python interface to REDCap""",
         license='MIT',
         url='http://sburns.github.com/PyCap',
-        version=get_version(),
+        version=find_version("redcap", "__init__.py"),
         download_url='http://sburns.github.com/PyCap',
         long_description=long_desc,
         packages=['redcap'],