diff --git a/manim_slides/__init__.py b/manim_slides/__init__.py
index b11020e..9485bf0 100644
--- a/manim_slides/__init__.py
+++ b/manim_slides/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-from .__version__ import __version__
 from .slide import Slide, ThreeDSlide
diff --git a/manim_slides/__version__.py b/manim_slides/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 528787c..0000000
--- a/manim_slides/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dfea279..2c89990 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import sys
 
 import setuptools
 
-from manim_slides.__version__ import __version__ as version
-
 if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
     raise RuntimeError("This package requires Python 3.7+")
 
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as f:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="manim-slides",
-    version=version,
+    version="3.0.0",
     author="Jérome Eertmans (previously, Federico A. Galatolo)",
     author_email="jeertmans@icloud.com (resp., federico.galatolo@ing.unipi.it)",
     description="Tool for live presentations using manim",