diff --git a/pre_dist.py b/pre_dist.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fe7660..0000000
--- a/pre_dist.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-## internal use only
-
-def update_version():
-    f = open("./whatsapp/constants.py", "r")
-    f = f.read()
-
-    with open("./constants.py", "w+") as f1:
-        f1.write(f)
-    
-    from constants import VERSION
-    
-    with open("./.version", "w+") as f2:
-        f2.write(VERSION)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 98731bf..0aab297 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from os import path
 from setuptools import setup
-from pre_dist import update_version
-update_version()
 from constants import VERSION
 
 this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))