diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 853b925..f6cdc3d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ doc = [
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch]
-build.hooks.vcs.version-file = "src/scverse_misc/_version.py"
 envs.default.installer = "uv"
 envs.default.dependency-groups = [ "dev" ]
 envs.docs.dependency-groups = [ "doc" ]
diff --git a/src/scverse_misc/__init__.py b/src/scverse_misc/__init__.py
index 5f5e3cc..9797160 100644
--- a/src/scverse_misc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scverse_misc/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from ._deprecated import Deprecation, deprecated
 from ._extensions import ExtensionNamespace, make_register_namespace_decorator
-from ._version import __version__, __version_tuple__
+
+__all__ = ["ExtensionNamespace", "make_register_namespace_decorator", "deprecated", "Deprecation"]
diff --git a/src/scverse_misc/_deprecated.py b/src/scverse_misc/_deprecated.py
index aba90e2..5a8cb5e 100644
--- a/src/scverse_misc/_deprecated.py
+++ b/src/scverse_misc/_deprecated.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
     F = TypeVar("F", bound=Callable)
 
 
+__all__ = ["deprecated", "Deprecation"]
+
+
 class Deprecation(str):
     """Utility class storing information on deprecated functionality.
 
diff --git a/src/scverse_misc/_extensions.py b/src/scverse_misc/_extensions.py
index 90a4fa1..6c85696 100644
--- a/src/scverse_misc/_extensions.py
+++ b/src/scverse_misc/_extensions.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     from collections.abc import Callable, Set
 
 
+__all__ = ["ExtensionNamespace", "make_register_namespace_decorator"]
+
+
 @runtime_checkable
 class ExtensionNamespace(Protocol):
     """Protocol for extension namespaces.