diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 16af4aa..1eb89f7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-file(STRINGS VERSION PVER)
+set(PVER "20120821")
 
 project(natpmp
         LANGUAGES C
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ed7994..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-20120821