diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba2d00b..286d8b9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "infra-rebuild"
-dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "0.0.1"
 description = "A simple NixOS deployment tool using nixos-rebuild internally, but trying to make infrastructure deployment more convenient."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ Source = "https://git.hamburg.ccc.de/CCCHH/infra-rebuild"
 [project.scripts]
 infra-rebuild = "infra_rebuild.cli:infra_rebuild"
 
-[tool.hatch.version]
-path = "src/infra_rebuild/__about__.py"
-
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
diff --git a/src/infra_rebuild/__about__.py b/src/infra_rebuild/__about__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f102a9c..0000000
--- a/src/infra_rebuild/__about__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/src/infra_rebuild/cli/__init__.py b/src/infra_rebuild/cli/__init__.py
index f70c035..fac2d3f 100644
--- a/src/infra_rebuild/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/infra_rebuild/cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import click
 
 from infra_rebuild import operations
-from infra_rebuild.__about__ import __version__
 
 
 @click.group(context_settings={"help_option_names": ["-h", "--help"]}, invoke_without_command=True)
-@click.version_option(version=__version__, prog_name="infra-rebuild")
+@click.version_option(prog_name="infra-rebuild")
 def infra_rebuild():
     pass