diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 83de153..efc098f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
     use_setuptools()
     from setuptools import setup, Extension
 
-from track import __version__
-
 
 setup(
         name             =   'track',
-        version          =   __version__,
+        version          =   '1.3.0-dev',
         description      =   'Python package for reading and writing genomic data',
         long_description =   open('README.md').read(),
         license          =   'GNU General Public License 3.0',