diff --git a/Modules/version.c b/Modules/version.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b706b8e..0000000
--- a/Modules/version.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* Set release version
- * See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details. */
-
-#include "common.h"
-
-#define _STR(x)	#x
-#define STR(x)	_STR(x)
-
-static char version_str[] = STR(LDAPMODULE_VERSION);
-
-void
-LDAPinit_version( PyObject* d ) 
-{
-	PyObject *version;
-
-	version = PyString_FromString(version_str);
-	PyDict_SetItemString( d, "__version__", version );
-	Py_DECREF(version);
-}
diff --git a/Modules/version.h b/Modules/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d76b34..0000000
--- a/Modules/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/* Set release version
- * See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details. */
-
-#ifndef __h_version_
-#define __h_version_
-
-
-#include "common.h"
-extern void LDAPinit_version( PyObject* d );
-
-#endif /* __h_version_ */
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 962d763..808d4eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ class OpenLDAP2:
         'Modules/functions.c',
         'Modules/ldapmodule.c',
         'Modules/message.c',
-        'Modules/version.c',
         'Modules/options.c',
         'Modules/berval.c',
       ],