diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 48a95e5..0000000
--- a/version.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * YOURLS version
- *
- * Must be one of the following :
- *    MAJOR.MINOR (eg 1.8)
- *    MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH (1.8.1)
- *    MAJOR.MINOR-SOMETHING (1.8-dev)
- *    MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-SOMETHING (1.8.1-donotuse)
- *
- */
-define( 'YOURLS_VERSION', '1.9.1' );
-
-/**
- * YOURLS DB version. Increments when changes are made to the DB schema, to trigger a DB update
- *
- * Must be a string of an integer.
- *
- */
-define( 'YOURLS_DB_VERSION', '506' );