diff --git a/lib/select2-bootstrap/version.rb b/lib/select2-bootstrap/version.rb
index 01d9775..828ac8a 100644
--- a/lib/select2-bootstrap/version.rb
+++ b/lib/select2-bootstrap/version.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-require 'json'
-
 module Select2
   module Bootstrap
-    VERSION = JSON.parse(File.read(File.expand_path('../../../package.json', __FILE__)))['version']
+    # This is updated via the `grunt bump` command, which has a pretty 
+    # unflexible matching syntax.
+    VERSION_STRING = "'version': '1.2.2'"
+    # Then, just the version.
+    VERSION = VERSION_STRING.match(/\d+\.\d+\.\d+/)[0]
   end
-end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/select2-bootstrap-css.gemspec b/select2-bootstrap-css.gemspec
index 5b8b75d..ee0fe2f 100644
--- a/select2-bootstrap-css.gemspec
+++ b/select2-bootstrap-css.gemspec
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
   s.rubyforge_project = '[none]'
 
-  s.add_dependency 'json'
   s.add_development_dependency 'jekyll'
 end