diff --git a/mip/_version.py b/mip/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index af7218ce..00000000
--- a/mip/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-__version__ = version = '0.0.0'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 0, 0)