diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index a918a2aa..00000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.6.0
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 20bfc6a3..fe93a75e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 project = u'Jedi'
 copyright = u'2012 - {today.year}, Jedi contributors'.format(today=datetime.date.today())
 
+import jedi
 _path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-with open(os.path.join(_path, '../VERSION'), 'r') as f:
-    VERSION = f.read().strip()
+_version_strs = [str(x) for x in jedi.__version__]
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ with open(os.path.join(_path, '../VERSION'), 'r') as f:
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
 
-import re
-version = re.match('\d+\.\d+', VERSION).group(0)
+version = '.'.join(_version_strs[:2])
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = VERSION
+release = '.'.join(_version_strs)
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d32cc781..4d291a8c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ __AUTHOR_EMAIL__ = 'davidhalter88@gmail.com'
 
 readme = open('README.rst').read()
 
-with open('VERSION') as f:
-    VERSION = f.read().strip()
+import jedi
+VERSION = '.'.join(str(x) for x in jedi.__version__)
 
 setup(name='jedi',
       version=VERSION,