diff --git a/metcalcpy/__init__.py b/metcalcpy/__init__.py
index 08b16de0..dacf4665 100644
--- a/metcalcpy/__init__.py
+++ b/metcalcpy/__init__.py
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
  # ** Research Applications Lab (RAL)
  # ** P.O.Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado, 80307-3000, USA
  # ============================*
-
-# set value for metcalcpy.__version__ 
-import importlib.metadata
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("metcalcpy")
+ 
+ 
  
 """This module contains a variety of statistical calculations."""
 GROUP_SEPARATOR = ':'