diff --git a/tornadis/__init__.py b/tornadis/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tornadis/__init__.py
+++ b/tornadis/__init__.py
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@
 # This file is part of tornadis library released under the MIT license.
 # See the LICENSE file for more information.
 
-version_info = (0, 0, '1')
+version_info = (0, 1, 0)
 __version__ = ".".join([str(x) for x in version_info])
 
 DEFAULT_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 DEFAULT_PORT = 6379
 DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 20
-DEFAULT_WRITE_TIMEOUT = 20
-DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT = 20
 DEFAULT_READ_PAGE_SIZE = 65536
 DEFAULT_WRITE_PAGE_SIZE = 65536
remove two unused const and preparing <I> release