diff --git a/salt/version.py b/salt/version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/version.py
+++ b/salt/version.py
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ def versions_report():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print '\n'.join(versions_report())
+    print(__version__)
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