diff --git a/lib/simple_oauth/version.rb b/lib/simple_oauth/version.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b62b299..0000000
--- a/lib/simple_oauth/version.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-module SimpleOAuth
-  module Version
-    MAJOR = 0 unless defined? ::SimpleOAuth::Version::MAJOR
-    MINOR = 1 unless defined? ::SimpleOAuth::Version::MINOR
-    PATCH = 6 unless defined? ::SimpleOAuth::Version::PATCH
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].join('.') unless defined? ::SimpleOAuth::Version::STRING
-  end
-end
diff --git a/simple_oauth.gemspec b/simple_oauth.gemspec
index c9ac782..718eabe 100644
--- a/simple_oauth.gemspec
+++ b/simple_oauth.gemspec
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-require File.expand_path('../lib/simple_oauth/version', __FILE__)
-
 Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.name    = 'simple_oauth'
-  gem.version = SimpleOAuth::Version::STRING
+  gem.version = '0.1.6'
 
   gem.authors     = ["Steve Richert", "Erik Michaels-Ober"]
   gem.email       = ['steve.richert@gmail.com', 'sferik@gmail.com']