diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 227cea2..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2.0.0
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index a86a6bc..a7e1255 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 {escript_emu_args, "%%! \n"}.
 {provider_hooks, [{post, [{compile, escriptize}]}]}.
 
-{pre_hooks, [{"(linux|darwin|solaris|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd)",
-              app_compile,
-              "test -e VERSION"}
-             ]}.
-
 {post_hooks, [{"(linux|darwin|solaris|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd)",
                escriptize,
                "cp \"$REBAR_BUILD_DIR/bin/aesophia\" ./aesophia"},
diff --git a/src/aesophia.app.src b/src/aesophia.app.src
index 3957c45..9057490 100644
--- a/src/aesophia.app.src
+++ b/src/aesophia.app.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {application, aesophia,
  [{description, "Contract Language for aeternity"},
-  {vsn, {cmd, "cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]'"}},
+  {vsn, "2.0.0"},
   {registered, []},
   {applications,
    [kernel,