diff --git a/edtf/__init__.py b/edtf/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/edtf/__init__.py
+++ b/edtf/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "0.9.2"
-
 from edtf_date import EDTFDate
 from edtf import EDTF
-from edtf_interval import EDTFInterval
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+from edtf_interval import EDTFInterval
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ from os.path import join, dirname
 
 import setuptools
 
-from edtf import __version__
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='edtf',
-    version=__version__,
+    version='0.9.2',
     url='https://github.com/ixc/python-edtf',
     author='Greg Turner',
     author_email='greg@interaction.net.au',
@@ -52,4 +51,4 @@ setuptools.setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
     ],
-)
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+)
Remove version from '__init__.py' to stop importing packages before they are installed.