diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index f62ce8e57..67f05571e 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -3,27 +3,11 @@
 
 package main
 
-import (
-	_ "embed"
-	"strings"
-
-	goversion "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
-)
-
 var (
-	// The next version number that will be released. This will be updated after every release
-	// Version must conform to the format expected by github.com/hashicorp/go-version
-	// for tests to work.
-	// A pre-release marker for the version can also be specified (e.g -dev). If this is omitted
-	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
-	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	//go:embed version/VERSION
-	rawVersion string
-
-	version = goversion.Must(goversion.NewVersion(strings.TrimSpace(rawVersion)))
+	version = "0.1.0"
 )
 
 // VersionString returns the complete version string, including prerelease
 func VersionString() string {
-	return version.String()
+	return version
 }
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 17e51c385..000000000
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.1.1